Slare, and Mr. Maitland, or rather Dr. Arbuthnott, who is faid to have written MAITLAND'S Findication; and the fubject was pushed forward fo warmly, that even rejoinders to these were published before the termination of the year 1722. I shall be readily excufed from following the above difputants, through the extraneous and multiplied points of controverfy with which they indulged themselves, and have no doubt but that, both as to the manner and matter of their arguments, a fingle example will be deemed fufficient. Dr. Wagstaffe having afferted, "It never came "into men's heads to take the work out of na"ture's hands, and raise distempers by art in the "human body." Received the following reply in Maitland's Vindication, "That the practice of " phyfic is founded upon the principle of curing "natural by railing artificial diseases. What is bleeding, but an artificial hæmorrhagy? Purging, "but raising an artificial diarrhea? Are not blifters, iffues, and featons, artificial impofthumations ?” On this Mr. Ifaac Maffey, apothecary, calls out, Very good, fir; but go on:-What is correction "at the cart's tail, but the noble art of muscular phle 66 * Some remarks on Dr. Wagstaffe's Letter, by Perrott Williams, M. D. With an appendix in favour of inoculation, by F. Slare, M. D. + Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the Small-pox vindicated from Dr. Wagstaffe's mifrepresentations of that practice, with fome remarks on Mr. Maffey's fermon. botomy? botomy?-What is burning in the hand, but the "art of applying a cauftic?-What is hanging, but an 66 artificial quinfy, which makes the patient feel for the ground, and chokes him?-What is breaking on the wheel, but the art of making dislocations and fractures, and differs from the wounds and amputations of furgeons only by the manner and intentions*?" ‡ A short and plain account of inoculation, with some remarks, c.—p. 19. SECT. SECT. XL. THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF INOCU- ALTHOUGH the advantages of inoculation were great, in the first place, as it gave every prospect of recovery in this otherwise often fatal difeafe, and fecondly, fecurity in future, which removed the terror of apprehenfion, which, like a fword hung over the head, was fure often to prefent itself to the fcared imagination, yet was its first introduction from the oppofition it experienced extremely flow. During the year 1723, the practice, however, of Inoculation made a confiderable progrefs in England. It was adopted not only among the nobility of the first rank, but (which still more tended to its promotion) it received encouragement from the heads of the church, having been introduced into the family of the Bishop of Winchefter, and alfo into that of that learned divine Dr. Calamy. Whence the number of the inoculated that year, far exceeded the numbers in the two preceding years taken together. It amounted to 292, which being added to 182, makes the whole number of the inoculations in the years 1721, 1722, and 1723, to be 474, viz. The The Results of thefe Cafes are reprefented in the annexed Table, taken from Dr. Jurin. Hence we find, that of the 474 persons first inoculated in England, nine died, and their deaths were justly fufpected to have happened in confequence of inoculation. Thus inoculation triumphed, under the auspices of royal patronage; and Dr. Wagstaffe, after his invidious remark," that pofterity will scarcely be brought to believe, that an experiment, practijed only by a few ignorant women, fhould fo far obtain in one of the politeft nations in the world, as to be received "into the Royal palace," had the mortification to find it introduced a fecond time into the Royal family. For their Royal Highneffes Prince FREDERICK and Prince WILLIAM were both inoculated this year. The former, who refided at Hanover, and was then eighteen years of age, fubmitted to be inoculated by Mr. Maitland on the first of May, 1724, and the event was extremely favourable; his Royal Highness not having more than from eleven to eighteen puftules. The latter, was about the fame time inoculated here by Serjeant Surgeon Amyand, under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, who likewise passed through the Small-pox without any alarming or even troublesome symptom. But what tended ftill more effectually to eftablish general inoculation, was the subsequent declaration of the College of Phyficians, viz. “ THE COLLEGE HAVING BEEN INFORMED, THAT FALSE REPORTS CONCERNING THE SUCCESS OF INOCULATION IN ENGLAND, HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THINK PROPER TO DECLARE THEIR SENTIMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER; viz. THAT THE ARGUMENTS WHICH AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS PRACTICE WERE URGED AGAINST IT, HAD BEEN REFUTED BY EXPERIENCE; THAT IT IS NOW HELD BY THE ENGLISH IN GREATER ESTEEM, AND PRAC 66 TISED |