Memoria contra la inoculación, sacada de las dudas, i disputas entre los autores excitadas acerca la utilidad, o daños causados por la inoculación de las viruelas; y comprobada por el desengaño, que da al público

Manresa: Ignacio Abadal, 1785. FIRST EDITION. marbled wrappers. First edition. Little appears to be known about Dr Jaime Menós other than his presence as physician to the Spanish expedition against Algeria in 1775. As with today’s anti-vaxxers, his arguments protesting inoculation against smallpox were legion: inoculation caused as many deaths as smallpox; the medical basis for inoculation was ill founded; inoculation increased the danger of infection from smallpox and from other diseases; that it provided no protection against other poxes, etc. Francisco Salvá, the champion of inoculation published a reply under the nom de plume Dr. Gil Blas (Barcelona, 1786), and in turn there was a counter-counter attack (Madrid 1787). One of the fine early polemics on vaccination.

OCLC locates 4 copies in America (Yale, NYAM, NLM, Duke); Palau. 1645494.