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" XIX. That the few instances of failure, either in the inocula-tion of the cow-pox or of the small-pox, ought not to be consideredas objections to either practice, but merely as deviations from theordinary course of nature.

" XX. That if a comparison be made between the preservativeeffects of vaccination and those of inoculation for the small-pox,t would be necessary to take into account the greater number ofpersons who have been vaccinated within a given time: as it isprobable that, within the last seven years, nearly as many personshave been inoculated for the cow-pox, as were ever inoculated forthe small-pox, since the practice was introduced into the kingdom.

" XXI. That, from all the facts which they have been able tocollect, it appears to the Medical Council, that the cow-pox isgenerally mild and harmless in its effects; and that the few caseswhich have been alleged against this opinion, may be fairly attributed to peculiarities of constitution.

" XXII. That many well-known cutaneous diseases, and somescrophulous complaints, have been represented as the effects of vac-cine inoculation, when in fact they originated from other causes,and in many instances occurred long after vaccination, and thatsuch diseases are infinitely less frequent after vaccination, thanafter either the natural or inoculated small-pox.

"Having stated these facts, and made these observations, theMedical Council cannot conclude the Report upon a subject sohighly important and interesting to all classes of the communitywithout making this solemn Declaration:

"That, in their opinion, founded on their own individual ex-perience, and the information which they have been able to collectfrom that of others, mankind have already derived great and incal-culable benefit from the discovery of vaccination; and that it istheir full belief, that the sanguine expectations of advantage andsecurity, which have been formed from the inoculation of the cowpox, will be ultimately and completely fulfilled."

This Report and Declaration was signed at the Society's House,Salisbury-Square, Fleet Street, January 2, 1806, by fifty physi-cians and surgeons, who, we may safely presume to say, are notexceeded in medical skill, or intellectual worth, by any other fiftygentlemen of the profession in this great metropolis.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VACCINE INOCULATION

Published by Order of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society.

AN ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SIGNS OF INFECTION,AND OF THE CHARACTER AND PROGRESS OF THE VACCINEVESICLE, IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THS INOCULA-TION.

The Signs of infection, and Description of the Vaccine Vesicle.

When Vaccine Inoculation proves successful, a small red spot,with a degree of elevation which may be felt, commonly cora-