Punch,  34 (1858), 253.

Precaution Better than Guns

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Vaccination, Medical Practitioners, War, Heroism


    Noting the decision by Emperor Napoleon III to re-vaccinate his whole army, hopes Thomas S Duncombe, the notorious opponent of the Trafalgar Square statue of Edward Jenner, will 'consider that this accounts for the virus displayed by the French army against this country'.



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