This Inquiry will lay all those troublesome ghosts which have so long haunted the Metropolis with their ox-faces, & dismal hootings against Vaccination. However, tis all for the best – you may depend upon it the new Investigation will prove the touchstone of the vaccine discovery.
— Edward Jenner Early Modern

Smallpox vaccine

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In a letter to a Mr. Phillips, referring to an inquiry by the College of Physicians into vaccination, expressing confidence and disdain for his critics.

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1807

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