Vaccinae Vindicia
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Title
Vaccinae Vindicia
Subject
Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837
Plates (illustrations)
Boston Medical Library (1805-1826)
Pasipha
Vaccination
Description
Robert John Thornton published this detailed account of smallpox vaccination cases as an attack on Dr. Benjamin Moseley (1742-1819) and other opponents of Edward Jenner's work. In 1800, Moseley, a member of the Royal College of Physicians, suggested that the result of inoculation with cowpox matter might be <i>"That the human character may undergo strange mutations from quadrupedean sympathy and that some modern Pasiphaë may rival the fables of old"</i>—with the plate displayed here showing the result.
Abstract
Illustrated plate alluding to Pasiphae, from Robert John Thornton's Vaccinae Vindicia
Creator
Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837
Publisher
Printed for H. D. Symonds, et al.
Date Created
1806
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (12.J.101)
Format
image
Extent
1 plate
Provenance
Deposited by the Boston Athenaeum in the Boston Medical Library, 1911
Files
Collection
Citation
Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837, “Vaccinae Vindicia,” OnView, accessed April 25, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12899.