Chapter I: Introduction: Page

Prefatory, ix

Variolation, x

The Precursor of Vaccination, xi

Immediate Triumph of Vaccination, xii

Jenner’s Procedure, xiii

Horsegrease Cowpox, xiv

Rejection of Jenner’s Prescription, xiv

Jenner’s Transformation, xv

Horsegrease Cowpox kept out of Sight, xvi

Spurious Cowpox, xvi

Horse Virus Vindicated, xvii

Which shall it be? xviii

Smallpox Cowpox, xix

Condemnation of Smallpox Cowpox, xx

Cowpox Revived, xxi

A Cowpox Charlatan, xxii

A Decorous Unanimity, xxiii

Jenner’s Successive Disclaimers, xxiv

Smallpox made milder, xxvi

Punctures, one or several, xxvi

Mr. Rigby’s Protest, xxvi

Mr. (Marks) Marson, xxviii

Mr. Alexander Wheeler’s Researches, xxix

Mr. Enoch Robinson’s Opinion, xxx

Cruelty of Marking, xxx

Revaccination Introduced, xxxi

Vaccinisation, xxxii

Absurdity of Revaccination, xxxii

The Reduction of Smallpox, xxxiii

Has Vaccination saved Life? xxxiii

Who are the Unvaccinated? xxxiv

Unvaccinated Death-rates, xxxv

Nurses exempt from Smallpox, xxxvi

Pock-marked Faces, xxxvii

Vaccinia a real Disease, xxxix

Vaccinal Fatalities, xl

Vaccinia Modified in its Recipients, xli

Vaccinia _plus_ other Disease, xlii

Statistical Evidence of extra Disease, xliii

Vaccinia aggravates Disease, xlv

Origin of Compulsory Vaccination, xlv

Resistance, Inflexible Resistance, xlvi

Compulsory Education and Vaccination, xlvii

Conditions of the Conflict, xlviii

A Word for the Author, xlix

L’Envoi, l

Dr. Garth Wilkinson’s Catechism, l

I.--VARIOLATION.

CHAPTER I.--Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston, 1

II.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 8

III.--Maitland’s Experiments, 12

IV.--The First Opponents of Inoculation, 21

V.--Collapse of Inoculation, 29

VI.--Revival of Inoculation, 36

VII.--Triumph of Inoculation, 45

VIII.--Inoculation Abroad, 56

IX.--Inoculation superseded and suppressed, 66

X.--As to the Prevalence of Smallpox in the 18th
Century, 76

II.--VACCINATION.