A TREATISE ON THE COW-POX
A TREATISE ON THE COW-POX; CONTAINING THE HISTORY OF VACCINE INOCULATION, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WHICH HAVE APPEARED ON THAT SUBJECT, IN GREAT BRITAIN, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
By JOHN RING, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN LONDON.
---------- PERPETUA SOLVENT FORMIDINE TERRAS.
[release the earth from fear for ever]
PART II.
LONDON Printed by the Philanthropic Society, St. George's-Fields.
SOLD BY J. CARPENTER, OLD BOND-STREET; AND J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
1803
p 618
It must give sincere pleasure to every benevolent mind to be informed, that the new inoculation is now established in the West Indies. With matter sent by Dr. Croft, in November last, to Mr. Rooke, that gentleman, who understands that disease well, having seen it when in England, inoculated himself and 15 negroes, on the 18th of January, 1801.
It is remarkable that this virus owing to its having been kept some time, did not succeed in any the negroes; but in his own arm it produced a perfect pustule. This enabled him to carry on the inoculation effectually; for when his dispatch came away, he had inoculated 800 negroes; and he reports, that they all went through the disease with scarcely any loss of labour. This inoculation was conducted on the estates of ------ Ellis, Esq. M.P. at Montpelier, near Montego Bay.
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p 701
The establishment of vaccine inoculation at Jamaica has already been recorded. I have now the satisfaction to add farther intelligence from that quarter. A letter from Mr Rooke, the surgeon who introduced the practice, has been received by Charles Rose Ellis, Esq. In this letter Mr. Rooke says, It is with extreme pleasure he is able to inform Mr. Rose, that he has at last succeeded in introducing the invaluable Cow-pock into that island.
The matter which Mr. Ellis received from Dr. Croft succeeded. Mr. Rooke is of opinion, that if he had not inoculated himself, he should still have failed, as others have done. He was at first inclined to suspect, from repeated failures of different practitioners, that people of colour were insusceptible of the disease; if such it can be called. He may hereafter boast that the small-pox has been expelled from Jamaica by his own arm.
In many estates, the small-pox has lately proved extremely fatal. In one, on which there were not above 300 negroes, 22 were destroyed by that epidemic; but Mr. Rooke furnished vaccine matter, which soon put a stop to the ravages of that dreadful disorder.
Mr. Rooke inoculated all Mr. Ellis's people, except those who laboured under the yaws, in the midst of crop; without the loss of twenty days labour from the whole number; and with the most happy success. Eighteen of those who had undergone the Cow-pox, have been repeatedly exposed to variolous infection, both by contact and inoculation; but without effect. The same uniform success has attended it there as in Britain; and Mr. Rooke says it will unquestionably prove one of the most invaluable acquisitions, that ever Jamaica had to boast.
Since Mr. Rooke has ascertained its utility, it is becoming very general in St. James's, Hanover, Trelawny, and Wesmoreland; and he trusts, it will extend to all parts of the island.
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p 746
In the Medical Review for May, I announced introduction of the new practice into Jamaica. In the same work for June, Mr. Bliss of Hampstead, communicates additional intelligence of the utmost importance, on the same topic. A letter from Mr. Rooke, dated, Savannah la Mar, 16th March, 1801, states, that near ten thousand persons in that island have already been successfully inoculated with the vaccine virus; and that he was then on an excursion into the country with a view of extending its benefits.
His introduction of this mild disease, says Mr Bliss, was peculiarly providential; for the negroes on Mr. Ellis's estate, where he resided, were at that time surrounded with the small-pox; and, of a thousand, not twenty had undergone the variolous contagion.
Mr. Rooke says, the opposition which he met with, at its first introduction, has nearly subsided and he is countenanced in his propagation of the practice, by some of the principal members of the House of Assembly in that island
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p 747
Dr Jenner has received a letter from Mr. Chester, a surgeon in Jamaica, dated Goshen, St Elizabeth's, April 17, 1801; stating, that vaccine matter, which he had received from Dr Jenner, failed. Of so much importance was this antidote, in the opinion of Mr Chester, that he had it in agitation to come to England; and, by successive inoculations during the voyage, on his return, to ensure the introduction of a preservative so ardently desired.
He was, however, so fortunate as to obtain recent matter; and has inoculated near a thousand, with the greatest success. He says, he is highly indebted to Dr. Jenner, for many fervent prayers in his favour.
By JOHN RING, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN LONDON.
---------- PERPETUA SOLVENT FORMIDINE TERRAS.
[release the earth from fear for ever]
PART II.
LONDON Printed by the Philanthropic Society, St. George's-Fields.
SOLD BY J. CARPENTER, OLD BOND-STREET; AND J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
1803
p 618
It must give sincere pleasure to every benevolent mind to be informed, that the new inoculation is now established in the West Indies. With matter sent by Dr. Croft, in November last, to Mr. Rooke, that gentleman, who understands that disease well, having seen it when in England, inoculated himself and 15 negroes, on the 18th of January, 1801.
It is remarkable that this virus owing to its having been kept some time, did not succeed in any the negroes; but in his own arm it produced a perfect pustule. This enabled him to carry on the inoculation effectually; for when his dispatch came away, he had inoculated 800 negroes; and he reports, that they all went through the disease with scarcely any loss of labour. This inoculation was conducted on the estates of ------ Ellis, Esq. M.P. at Montpelier, near Montego Bay.
............
p 701
The establishment of vaccine inoculation at Jamaica has already been recorded. I have now the satisfaction to add farther intelligence from that quarter. A letter from Mr Rooke, the surgeon who introduced the practice, has been received by Charles Rose Ellis, Esq. In this letter Mr. Rooke says, It is with extreme pleasure he is able to inform Mr. Rose, that he has at last succeeded in introducing the invaluable Cow-pock into that island.
The matter which Mr. Ellis received from Dr. Croft succeeded. Mr. Rooke is of opinion, that if he had not inoculated himself, he should still have failed, as others have done. He was at first inclined to suspect, from repeated failures of different practitioners, that people of colour were insusceptible of the disease; if such it can be called. He may hereafter boast that the small-pox has been expelled from Jamaica by his own arm.
In many estates, the small-pox has lately proved extremely fatal. In one, on which there were not above 300 negroes, 22 were destroyed by that epidemic; but Mr. Rooke furnished vaccine matter, which soon put a stop to the ravages of that dreadful disorder.
Mr. Rooke inoculated all Mr. Ellis's people, except those who laboured under the yaws, in the midst of crop; without the loss of twenty days labour from the whole number; and with the most happy success. Eighteen of those who had undergone the Cow-pox, have been repeatedly exposed to variolous infection, both by contact and inoculation; but without effect. The same uniform success has attended it there as in Britain; and Mr. Rooke says it will unquestionably prove one of the most invaluable acquisitions, that ever Jamaica had to boast.
Since Mr. Rooke has ascertained its utility, it is becoming very general in St. James's, Hanover, Trelawny, and Wesmoreland; and he trusts, it will extend to all parts of the island.
…………
p 746
In the Medical Review for May, I announced introduction of the new practice into Jamaica. In the same work for June, Mr. Bliss of Hampstead, communicates additional intelligence of the utmost importance, on the same topic. A letter from Mr. Rooke, dated, Savannah la Mar, 16th March, 1801, states, that near ten thousand persons in that island have already been successfully inoculated with the vaccine virus; and that he was then on an excursion into the country with a view of extending its benefits.
His introduction of this mild disease, says Mr Bliss, was peculiarly providential; for the negroes on Mr. Ellis's estate, where he resided, were at that time surrounded with the small-pox; and, of a thousand, not twenty had undergone the variolous contagion.
Mr. Rooke says, the opposition which he met with, at its first introduction, has nearly subsided and he is countenanced in his propagation of the practice, by some of the principal members of the House of Assembly in that island
…………
p 747
Dr Jenner has received a letter from Mr. Chester, a surgeon in Jamaica, dated Goshen, St Elizabeth's, April 17, 1801; stating, that vaccine matter, which he had received from Dr Jenner, failed. Of so much importance was this antidote, in the opinion of Mr Chester, that he had it in agitation to come to England; and, by successive inoculations during the voyage, on his return, to ensure the introduction of a preservative so ardently desired.
He was, however, so fortunate as to obtain recent matter; and has inoculated near a thousand, with the greatest success. He says, he is highly indebted to Dr. Jenner, for many fervent prayers in his favour.