* * * * * "'To which university,' said a lady, some time since, to the late sagacious Dr. Warren, 'shall I send my Son?'--'Madam,' replied he, 'they drink, I believe, near the same quantity of port in each of them.'"--(_Times, Feb. 19, 1798._) It was in this year that Jenner first wrote on _Vaccination_. The following paragraph refers to _Inoculation_, which was introduced into England, circa 1718, by Lady Mary Wortley Montague, who had seen it practised in Turkey:-- "_Memento narare multis officium alterius._--Mr. W. Holt, Surgeon, of the parish of Tottenham High Cross, has generously undertaken (within the last two months) to inoculate the poorer part of the inhabitants of the parish, for the small pox, which he has done (and that gratis) to the amount of some hundreds, the whole of which number have done well, not one patient excepted. The above act is praiseworthy, and will redound much to Mr. Holt's honour. It is to be hoped the above example will be followed by other Medical Gentlemen, if so, in a few years we shall not see, as we now daily do, the ill-effects of that dreadful disease, the small pox, in the natural way."--(_Times, March 28, 1798._) * * * * * "Previous to the Humane Society's Procession (at the London Tavern, next Tuesday) of those who have been restored to life _this_ year, an _Introductory Dialogue_, written after the manner of Virgil's pathetic and beautiful pastorals, by John Gretton Esqre, will be spoken by two young Gentlemen. Rising genius was fully experienced at the last Anniversary. What then must not be the gratification to a British heart, where to the solemn scene of our resuscitated brethren,[25] is superadded the efforts of these able advocates in the cause of humanity, and the sublime views of this most excellent Institution?"--(_Times, April 14, 1798._) [Footnote 25: The persons recovered during the year, by the instrumentality of the Society, appeared in solemn procession at the anniversary dinner.] * * * * * "ANECDOTE. "It is a fact of which we can assure our readers, that the following extraordinary Letter was sent to a worthy Baronet not a hundred miles from Whitehall. It was tied round the neck of an unfortunate animal, who, we are sorry to say, appears to have been made the victim of party malice, and the unfeeling passions of men: "THE RATS LETTER. ("Health and F_rat_ernity.)