| John Baron - 1838 - 490 páginas
...that matters were managed somewhat uncourteously. When the subject was laid before to the President, Jenner was given to understand, that he should be...with established knowledge, and withal so incredible. Such were the opinions which were entertained of his discovery. I really am not inclined to bear hard... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1846 - 512 páginas
...Jenner is a striking illustration of the truth of this remark. The modesty of Jenner was evidenced in his original intention of submitting his observations...London in the month of April in this year, and remained until the 14th of July. His object in this visit was, to demonstrate the disease to his professional... | |
| George William Winterburn - 1885 - 200 páginas
...Society; but he was given to understand that " he ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to that learned body anything which appeared so much at variance with established knowledge, and withal so incredible."9 Happily for Jenner, he succeeded in persuading a number of aristocratic ladies to become... | |
| William Scott Tebb - 1898 - 482 páginas
...no doubt explains the action of the Royal Society. When the subject was laid before the President, " Jenner was given to understand, that he should be...variance with established knowledge, and withal so incredible."1 Baron informs us, that Jenner used to bring the subject before the medical society to... | |
| Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac - 1909 - 488 páginas
...body. To this request the following advice was given by the president of the Society, that he (Jenner) "should be cautious and prudent, that he had already...established knowledge, and withal so incredible."* The communication was not made, but Jenner visited London in April of this year and remained until July.... | |
| 1917 - 616 páginas
...communications to the Royal Society, and that you ought not to risk your reputation by presenting to that learned body anything which appeared so much at variance...with established knowledge, and withal so incredible. ' ' However, in this year he published in London his observations, which will ever remain a classic.... | |
| Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac - 1909 - 472 páginas
...body. To this request the following advice was given by the president of the Society, that he (Jenner) "should be cautious and prudent, that he had already...established knowledge, and withal so incredible."* The communication was not made, but Jenner visited London in April of this year and remained until July.... | |
| Richard Gordon - 1997 - 298 páginas
...establishment, Jenner's found the windows quickly shut. The Royal Society rejected them snootily: He ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to...with established knowledge, and withal so incredible. Perhaps they jibbed at the full thirty-three-word title of An Enquiry into the Causes and Effects etc... | |
| Paul W. Ewald - 2000 - 296 páginas
...The paper was flatly rejected, and Jenner was admonished: "A Fellow of the Society should be cautious and ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to the learned body anything which appears so much at variance with established knowledge, and withal so incredible." Jenner published... | |
| Jonathan B. Tucker - 2002 - 336 páginas
...ideas were too revolutionary and his experimental proof too limited. Banks advised the author that he ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to the learned body findings that appeared so much at variance with established knowledge. Despite this setback, Jenner... | |
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