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Palysicia)& at Carlsad, Honorary Citizen of the Same Town 682 XIBGELLANUOVU INTELLIGRNCX THE JENNER MONUMENT COMMITTEE. IN our last number (p. 587) we alluded to the means which were being taken to erect in bronze, in a suitable situation in London, MR. CALDER MARSHALL'S statue Of JENNER, the model of which has been placed in the Great Exhibi- tion. We had hinted that the Committee were backward in coming before the public, and that precious time was being lost. We have since received a most satisfactory communication from the Honorary Secretary. We now find that the delay has been unavoidable, and has arisen from a most praise- worthy resolution of the Preliminary Committee, that the benefits of vaccin- ation not having been confined to Great Britain, but having extended to the whole world, the monument of its illustrious discoverer ought not to be a merely national testimonial, but a tribute to his memoryfrom all nations. In consequence of this, applications were sent to many eminent men in foreign parts, asking them to be members of committee and receivers of subscriptions in their respective countries; and sufficient time has not yet elapsed to allow of replies being received to all these communications. These answers, however-all of the most gratifying description-are now rapidly coming in, and the names of the Committee, and the methods and plans for receiving contributions will, we understand, be immediately made public. The total expense of erecting the statue, with its pedestal and bamo rdievos, is estimated at something under £4,000. When we consider the hearty zeal which the very mention of the scheme has already called forth, we are con- vinced that the amount of subscription will far exceed this sum; indeed, we do not anticipate that less than £20,000 or £30,000 will be collected; and we should certainly have wished that the Committee had announced the object to which the subscriptions are to go, after the £4,000 has been ex- pended on the specific object of the statue. We find, however, that the Com- mittee are by no means so sanguine as ourselves, and that they think it most prudent to confine their exertions for the present to the one definite object of the statue. At the same time, they wish it to be understood that, in the event of our anticipations appearig correct, they will be prepared to take immediate steps to ascertain the opinion of the Subscribers on any plan for the disposal of the surplus which may be suggested. On the whole, we are not disposed to complain of this determination; more especially when, in the event of the subscription list verifying our prediction, it guarantees the very publication we contended for, which, moreover, would certainly be un- necessary, unless the amount collected exceeds the £4000 required for the statue. We have been gratified with the perusal of many cordial letters of adhesion received from eminent foreigners ; and we regret that our limited space will, in this number, enable us to print but a very few of them: but on a future occasion, we propose to lay before the profession more of these interesting documents, including some of the most gratifying character, just received from the United States. i. From the CHEVALIER JON DE CARBO, M.D., of Carlsbad, the friend and first disciple of Jenner. MY DEAR SIR,-I am hi hl flattered by your letter of the 19th instant, about Jenner's Monument. You can place my name on any paper by which subscriptions may be raised. I give you here for that purpose my various titles, of which you can insert what you please. CHEVALIER JOHN DE CARRO, .ID. of the Faculties of &iinburgh, Vienna, and Prague; PAlysicia)& at Carlsad, Honorary Citizen of the same town; MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 683 decorated wita the Im l Autrian Goldn Cros with the Crown for Civil Meitf; Co onding Member of the Im rial&i¶tyof Physian at Vienna; Actua Ymberof the &ciety of 71ZtewyIn of BoAemi. I take the liberty of sending to you the list of the various proofs of what I have done aspfrend andfirst dple of Jenner. Being perfectly sure that the present generation knows but very little of what I did for India half a century ago, you will oblige me very much, in my old days, in submitting these indisputable facts to those who must feel its advantages there, and to whom their author may not have had the good fortune to make himself known. I shall always be happy to hear from you regarding the progress of your grand enterprise; for though an old man, my activity knows no bounds. Dispose of me and of my good will. So busy as I am as a Spa-physician, I shall always find time for answering your letters, and for doing everything in my power. Believe me, my dear Sir, with the highest regard, your most obedient humble servant, J. DE CARRo, M.D. Carlsbad, at Sir Walter Scott's, 1st of May, 1851. To George Vere Irving, E.q., lion. &e. pro temp., 10, Amythill Square, London. FACTS. 1. I was born at Geneva in the year 1770, and graduated at Edinburgh, on the 24th June, 1793. I began vaccination on the Continent of Europe on the 10th May, 1799, at Vienna, on my two sons, Charles and Peter, both still alive. 2. In the year 1800, 1 sent, by Lord Minto (formerly Sir Gilbert Elliot), British Envoy at Vienna, whose physician I was, to the Earl of Elgin, British Ambassador at Constantinople, vaccine matter, which succeeded perfectly on his children. 3. This success having caused a great sensation in some parts of the East, I was desired to send vaccine matter to the British Resident at Bagdad. It arrived fluid, and succeeded. A vaccinated child was sent, immedi- ately after the insertion, to Bassora, where the same thing was done, and a vaccinated child sent on to Bombay; from Bombay all over India, to Ceylon, Persia, etc. etc. 4. Jenner, in his Continuation of Facts and ObservationA on the Variolce Vaccine-, 1800, p. 5, attests my priority on the Continent of Europe. Drs. BaUhorn and Stromeyer, of Hanover, who folowed my example, dedicated to Dr. Jenner and to me the account they gave of their first experiments, published at Leipzig, 1801. Friese, of Breslau, and Nowack, of Schmiedeberg, who received from me their vaccine matter and instructions, dedicated to me alone the result of their labours, calling me thefirst vaccinator on the Continet of Europe, and the m4os active pro- pagator of the vaccine in Germany. All of them are long ago no more alive. 5. All the attempts made by Dr. Jenner to transplant his preservative to India failed, very likely for want of precaution in keeping it fluid. Every shipsaling to India was supplied with it, but all in vain. In his despair abut it, he offered a reward (from his own purse) of £1,000 sterling. I should have been happy to claim it from a sovereign, or from a government, but never from a colleague. 6. Jenner sent me a silver snuff-box, upon which was engraved " Edward Jenner to Jean de Carro" for my European and Asiatic propagation; and he did the same honour to Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, of New Cam- bridge in America, being the first vaccinator in the New World ! When my jubilee for fifty years of doctorate was celebrated here, on the 24th June 1843, my silver snuff-box, containing a lock of Jenner's hair, sent to me by Dr. John Baron, of Gloucester, his friend and biographer, was deposited by me at the National Bohemian Museum of Prague. 684 8ISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 7. The diploma of congratulation, sent to me for my jubilee, by the medical faculty of Prague, is addressed to me as: viro, cienid, wriptis egu ac factis clarissimo; immortali Jenneri amico et p0roto aqptolo, cujus dc vaccinatione merita vastum reiionat orbua; medicorum Neaton, juvenii soler7id in9igni. S. When Sir Arthur Paget, British Envoy at Vienna, who succeeded Lord Minto, and forwarded my correspondence with the East, knew my first success at Bagdad, he announced it to the East India Company in Lon- don, a committee of which voted to me, the 20th of March 1804, two hundred guinea for the purchase ofape ofplate. 9. Dr. Milne, who had distinguihed himself ver much at Bushire in Persia, by spreading vaccination, was transferred to Bombay. Having heard from some traveller coming from Vienna, that I was going to be mar- ried a second time, he begged leave to offer to my future wife a pair of Cachemere shawls. He desired Mr. Jonathan Duncan, governor of Bombay, to forward them to Vienna; but His Excellency refused it, saying that he would take the present on himself, adding to the pair of shawls three pieces of beautiful muslin. The present was voted by the Honourable Governor in Council, in the most flattering terms. 10. Our late Emperor Francis conferred on me hereditary knighthood, and his diploma confirms all the merits for vaccination. 11. The present Emperor Francis Joseph has conferred lately on me the golden cross with crown, for civil merit. The inclosed description, written by one of my colleagues, relates the festivity of my decoration. 12. The Hospodars of Moldavia andWallachia, Alexander Moronsi and Con- stantin Ypsilanti, rewarded me, a great many years ago, by valuable presents, for the introduction of vaccination into their principalities. 13. Ludwig I, king of Bavaria, did mc the honour to grant to my eldest daughter the honorary canonicate of the Royal Order of Ste.
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