The Evidence at Large, published in 1805, is a publication of transcripts of testimony offered before Parliament regarding Edward Jenner’s role and legal rights in developing vaccination protocol, with a preface penned by Rev. G. C. Jenner—Edward Jenner’s nephew. This current project engages in a rhetorical analysis of Jenner’s preface, using inoculation theory as an interpretative framework. Key features of inoculation theory are revealed in Jenner’s rhetoric, including threat and refutational preemption. Additionally, this analysis reveals un- and underexplored processes of resistance to influence, including source derogation, attitude confidence, and affect-based resistance that should be explored in future research.

《大证据》于 1805 年出版，是向议会提供的有关爱德华·詹纳 (Edward Jenner) 在制定疫苗接种方案中的作用和合法权利的证词笔录的出版物，序言由爱德华·詹纳 (Edward Jenner) 的侄子 GC Jenner 牧师撰写。当前的项目使用接种理论作为解释框架，对詹纳的序言进行修辞分析。詹纳的言论揭示了接种理论的主要特征，包括威胁和反驳先发制人。此外，该分析揭示了未经和未充分探索的抵抗影响的过程，包括来源贬损、态度信心和基于情感的抵抗，应在未来的研究中探索。