“This Practice opens a Door to innumerable Villanies and Murders, in the Case of Infants, Orphans, &c. giving Opportunity to several Persons, and in several Circumstances; some of which I shall mention, to murder innocent Children, committed to their Keeping, with Impunity, and without the Murtherer being liable to any Punishment or Prosecution: And as this is a Mischief, which merits to be considered very seriously, and is worthy the Cognisance of the Legislature.” – The New Practice of Inoculating the Small-Pox Consider’d (1722)
