130.

Stockholm, 417-418.

Strickland, Sir George, opposes compulsion, 483, 485.

St. Andrews, Jenner’s purchase of degree, 97;
Ring’s sneer at same, 329, 330.

St. Christophers, 38.

St. Pancras guardians, 587.

Stuart, Lady Louisa, fiction as to introduction of variolation, 13.

Sunderland, Earl of, son variolated and killed, 34.

Suttons, eminent variolators, 45, 179, 188;
method of practice, 46.

Sweden, variolation introduced, 62,
but little practised, 408;
Jenner’s pride in, 345, 392;
sorely afflicted with smallpox, 408;
influence of famine, 409;
children chief sufferers, 409;
disease aggravated by bad treatment, 410;
steadily declining when vaccination was introduced, 410-411;
vaccination made obligatory, 1816, 411;
means of livelihood for clergy, 411;
asserted extermination of smallpox, 413-414;
Siljeström’s evidence, 417-419.

Swarmery, 291.

Swift’s city shower, 82.

Swinepox, 98, 99, 262, 401.

Sydenham, 448, 521.

Syphilis, invaccination foreseen by Massey, 27,
and Cobbett, 309;
declared impossible, 68,
by Simon, 516,
by H. A. Bruce, 530,
and by Sir Dominic Corrigan, 561;
Ricord’s warning, Brudenell Carter’s experience, and Sir Thomas Watson’s ghastly risk, 310;
inseparable from public vaccination, 503;
Henley’s answer to Bruce, 531;
W. J. Addison’s evidence, 556;
dreaded in West Indies, 559;
Jonathan Hutchinson’s cases, 567,
and proof that it is latent and active in some vaccinifers, 568.


Tanner, Thomas, got cowpox from horsegrease, 263.

Tar water, 21.

Tarleton, General, glory to Jenner, 246.

Tartar emetic, letter from Hunter, 93;
used for vaccine virus, 121;
Jenner’s last effort, 348.

Taupin, failed to invaccinate any disease, 522.

Taylor, David, 190.

Taylor, Peter Alfred, 553, 577, 580;
reply to Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 588.

Tea introduced, 89;
denounced by Cobbett, 316.

Tebb, William, 580, 587, 596.

Temple, Sir Richard, smallpox and vaccination in India, 391.

Terry, Dr., 15.

Thiele, Dr., 1836, produces smallpox cowpox, 512.

Thomson, Dr., Boston, 5.

Thomson, Dr. John, smallpox epidemic in Scotland, 1818-19, 366;
depressing experience with vaccination, 366-368;
receives equine virus from Jenner, 368;
absence of epidemic smallpox when vaccination was introduced, 369.

Thornton, Dr., 190.

Thorpe, Rev. R. A., 448.

Thurlow, William, 590.

Timoni, Emanuel, 1, 2, 7, 10.

Tortworth, eight paupers cowpoxed, 107.

Travers, Benjamin, 217, 218, 219.

Trinidad, vaccination in, 559.

Tronchin, Dr., variolator, 60.

Trotter, Dr., smallpox in navy, 397;
medal for Jenner, 398.

Turgot, 59.

Turkey, variolation, 1, 9, 11;
malignity of smallpox, 12.

Turner, Mr., experiments with horsegrease, 335.

Turton, Sir Thomas, 250-251, 252.


Underwood, Dr., 383.

United States, vaccination introduced, 370-382.

Urquhart, William, 34.


Vaccination, origin of term, 229;
vaccinium and vacciolation, 220, 222, 229.
Precipitate approval of London physicians, 70, 173;
Dr. Pearson’s work, 151, 170;
acceptance by King and Court, 171;
the heir of variolation, 174, 191, 249, 370, 395;
received with acclamation, 274, 405;
offered gratis, 236, 326-327;
means by which promoted, 275;
character of furore, 278, 299, 305;
public goaded to belief, 286;
fury of controversy, 290, 305;
swarmery, 291;
favoured by decline and absence of smallpox, 222-225, 369, 476, 487, 514, 562.
Tables of comparison and advantage, 214, 377.
Disrepute in and around London (1805) 281, 293;
abatement of faith under failure (1808) 308-309, 317, 453;
(1822-23) 364-365, 426;
(1825 and 1838) 520;
Sir Henry Holland’s testimony (1839) 490;
faith never so low as prior to enforcement of practice, 477-479;
revival of delusion, 309, 426, 474-475.
Reduction of claim to making smallpox milder, 238, 288, 313, 321, 338, 566;
security exactly equal to variolation, 339, 355.
Opinion that prophylaxy wore out, Goldson, 284;
Brown, 288;
contested in Edinburgh Review, 302;
by Thomson, 368;
asserted by Lord Ellenborough, 353;
denied by Jenner, 354;
condemned by National Vaccine Establishment (1851), 473.
Failure from reports of National Vaccine Establishment, 464-466.
Easy art practiced by ladies and gentlemen, 276, 280, 305, 314, 489;
Walker’s opinion, 324;
practice in Sweden, 411-413;
becomes difficult, 343;
Simon’s ideal conditions of safety and success, 516-518.
In Spanish America, 401-403;
Austria, 404, 506;
Bavaria, 596;
Ceylon, 392-393;
China, 393-395;
Denmark, 419;
Dublin, 242-243;
Edinburgh, 241-242;
Finland, 419;
France, 169, 398;
Glasgow, 441-446;
Iceland, 420;
India, 383-393;
Ireland, 561;
North Italy, 403-404;
Newcastle, 426;
Norwich, 432-434;
Russia, 406;
Scotland, 151, 534, 563;
Spain, 400;
United Kingdom (1853), 481-483;
United States, 370-382;
Vienna, 404.
Adopted and enforced by State in England: Cobbett on projected compulsion (1803), 305-307,
(1808), 310-311;
established and endowed (1808), 250-258;
paid for out of poor rate (1840), 470;
enforced (1853), 480-485;
vaccination office projected, 493-494, 496, 501,
with compulsory revaccination (1855), 496;
compulsion intensified (1861), 526;
repeated penalties enacted (1867), 538, 540-541, 550;
reported against by House of Commons’ committee (1871), 571;
House of Commons concurs, 572;
rejection by House of Lords and submission of Commons, 572-573;
erratic and arbitrary administration of the law, 575-576;
Evesham letter (1876), 576;
subsequent attempts to modify law, 577.
Law detested by the poor, 479;
why abhorred, 501;
cruel and despicable persecution, 590-592;
hated in Lancashire, 591.
Vaccination as a trade, 470, 479, 480, 485, 488-489, 493, 496, 518, 519, 533, 536, 537, 580;
public practice worth £100,000 a year, 583.

Vaccination Inquirer, 580.

Vaccination Tracts, 581.

Vaccine girdle round the world, 401.

Vaccine Pock Institution founded, 1799, 159, 251;
Jesty’s visit, 205;
reward offered for smallpox after cowpox, 258;
consequently shut up, 259.

Vaccine roses, 332.

Vaccine Scourge, 325.

Vaccinoff, a Moscow foundling, 406.

Vantandillo, Sophia, prosecution, 462.

Variolation practised in Turkey, 1, 9, 11;
introduced to Boston, 2-7;
to England, 12-14;
experiment in Newgate, 15-17;
on charily children, 17;
children of Prince of Wales, 18;
Maitland’s operations, 19-20,
easy acceptance of practice, 22,28;
opposition of Masseys, 23-28, 31-34;
Dr. Nettleton’s practice, 30;
Jurin’s precautions, 30-31;
Dr. Scheuchzer’s tabulation of cases, 32;
Dr. Wagstaffe’s observations, 33;
disasters, 34;
the position (1728), 35-36.
Revival of practice under Dr. Mead (1748), 36-37, 39-40;
in Smallpox Hospital, Cold Bath Fields, 40;
sermon of Bishop Maddox, 40;
theological opposition, 42;
approval of London College of Physicians (1754), 43;
etiquette of practice, 44;
Mrs. Chapman’s procedure, 44;
Jenner’s account of preparatory regimen, 45;
Suttons’ methods, 45-47;
Dr. Dimsdale’s, 47-49;
Society for General Inoculation (1775), 49;
extent of variolation, 52;
Dr. Buchan’s evidence, 53-55;
practice in New England, 56-59;
France, 59-61;
Geneva, 61-62;
Empress Catharine, 62-65;
fatalities, 66-69;
cleared the way for vaccination, 70;
Dr. Lettsom on dangers, 71;
Wilberforce urgent for suppression, 71;
denounced by Dr. Mathews, 71;
by Sturges Bourne, 72, 246;
by Jenner, 72;
by Lord Henry Petty, 246;
Lord Boringdon’s bill, 73;
successful prosecution for exposure (1815), 73, 462;
Dr. Epps (1831), 74;
prohibited by Act of Parliament (1840), 74, 470, 464;
Dr. Gregory’s regret, 74;
revived by Ceely and Badcock (1839-40), 75-76.
Practised in China, 16, 394,
India, 392,
Italy, 62,
Persia, 394,
Scots Highlands, 29,
Wales, 29.
Introduced to Barbados, 38;
Boston, 2, 7, 11, 57-59, 371-374, 377;
Florence, 62;
France, 59;
Geneva, 61;
Germany, 62;
Holland, 62;
Ireland, 474;
Newbury, 44;
New England, 56;
Newcastle, 445;
Norwich, 435, 437;
Paris, 60;
Philadelphia, 38;
Rome, 62;
Russia, 62-65;
St. Christophers, 38;
Scotland, 50;
Spain, 62;
Sweden, 62, 408.
Practised from arm to arm, 63, 120, 193;
Jenner asserts its happy effects, 123;
uncertainty of operation, 105, 108, 166, 212;
cannot affect smallpox, Hamernik, 522;
effects governed by mode and conditions, 150.
A pest and a terror, 71, 72, 213;
an excitant of scrofula, 123, 166;
a cause of smallpox, 69, 236, 246, 390, 426, 431, 462-464.
Contrasted with vaccination, 214, 377, 466;
discredited by vaccination, 301, 514;
led to acceptance of vaccination, 249, 370, 395.

Variolous Test after swinepox, 98;
description, 125;
worked marvellously, 181, 212;
exploded by variolators, 279;
Brown’s evidence of futility, 287;
evaded by Jenner and Vaccine Test preferred, 342-343;
applied in Boston, 377.

Venesection, 519, 584.

Vere, Aubrey de, 566.

Vicarious Mortality, Norwich, 438;
law of, explained by Dr. Farr, 448,
Dr. Woolcombe, 449;
Dr. Gregory, 505-506;
Malthus, 569-570.

Vicarious Vaccination, 237;
attested by Rev. Rowland Hill, 295;
in London, 321, 324, 346, 488;
in Vienna, 369, 404;
in India, 388;
in Northern Italy, 403-404;
in Russia, 407;
in Germany, 408;
in Sweden, 414;
in Denmark and Copenhagen, 419-420;
in Glasgow, 446;
in United Kingdom, 492, 514.

Victoria, Queen, revaccinated, 564.

Vienna, 232, 369, 404;
vaccinated and equinated indistinguishable, 405.

Villiers, Mr., 592.

Voltaire, 59, 62, 65.


Wachsel, J. C., 146, 280;
experiments with horsegrease, 335.

Wagstaffe, Dr., Newgate experiment, 16;
various character of smallpox, 24, 238;
dangers of variolation, 33.

Wakley, Mr., 74.

Wales, variolation practised, 29.

Wales, Princess of (Caroline), 5;
promotes variolation, 14-15, 17.

Wales, Prince of (George iv.), 171, 219, 220, 221.

Walker, Annie, 331.

Walker, Dr., John, birth and adventures, 220;
Royal Jennerian Society, 221;
character and habits, 222, 225;
differences with Jenner, 225, 226;
resigns office, 226;
London Vaccine Institution established, 227,
and prospers, 453, 458, 460;
interview with a duke, 228;
public warned against, 250;
at Surrey Chapel, 293;
the great London vaccinator, 322;
ease of vaccination, 324;
a Quaker of Paine’s pattern, 330;
attacked by Ring, 324-330;
indifference to money, 330;
reply to Moore, 331;
practice and peculiarities, 332;
death and character, 333;
Jenner’s conduct toward, 307, 350;
warns Emperor Alexander against him, 362;
first cowpox missionary, 396;
a fanatic, 457.

Walkley, Hester, pregnant and variolated, 107.

Waller, Prof., Prague, 523.

Ward’s drop, 21.

Ward, William Gibson, 589.

Warren, Rev. T. A., 292.

Washington’s soldiers variolated, 57.

Waterhouse, Daniel Oliver, first vaccinated in New England, and put to variolous test, 376.

Waterhouse, Dr., knowledge of smallpox and variolation in New England, 57, 58;
absence of smallpox in 1787, 58, 84, 374;
introduces vaccination, 374, 376;
his ready faith, 375;
experiments, 376;
advertisement, disasters, tactics, 377;
compliments from Jenner, 378;
vaccinates a cow, 378;
vaccination good for weakly children and whooping-cough, 378;
cows catch smallpox, 379;