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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 22, 1767
Page
4
The passage notes non cloistered Religious Women who teach, listing Foundations at Sables and a Cordeliers community at Olowne. It describes language use, saying better nuns speak French while others speak a local Les Sables tongue related to Lower Brittany, highlighting notable local features.
A private Madrid letter criticizes sending an incapable minister, arguing it would have spared millions and kept trade unharmed. Reports from Scotland note a rising trend of public birth announcements to establish legacies, while British officials arrive in London and a full Admiralty Board meets at Charing Cross to admit injured seamen to Greenwich Hospital.
News from the coast describes improved roads behind New England and Virginia enabling public caravans and stage coaches for passengers. Smuggling vessels are said to now bring in hogs geese turkeys eggs and more with high profits. A debate is announced on woollen bounty versus corn export and a separate question on female education is decided affirmatively as harmful to society. Reports on deaths races and local misfortunes follow, including a drowning, a hanging, a miscarriage after an eel fright, and thefts by footpads.
A London editor cites Dr. Francis Home of Edinburgh advocating measles inoculation as a safe preventive amid epidemics. He praises the method, notes its success in Scotland, and urges adoption in England to save lives, comparing it to the spread of smallpox inoculation.
A historical pamphlet advocates inoculating measles using a method involving scratching the arm with a lance point and applying wetted pledgets to induce a mild course of the disease. The author argues this safe practice will prevent severe illness and deaths, comparing to smallpox, and cites London mortality while urging universal adoption for public good.
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