A review of the Report of the Royal College of Physicians of London, on vaccination / [Benjamin Moseley].

  • Benjamin Moseley
Date:
1808
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Credit: A review of the Report of the Royal College of Physicians of London, on vaccination / [Benjamin Moseley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I ' /»* / ' . 1 jl’ V Q. 8. If fifty persons who have been Vacci¬ nated, resist Small Pox infection five years af¬ terwards, do you not conceive that this resistance arises out of some preventive power which is still exerting; its influence on the constitution ? Jl. I believe it to have a temporary, but un¬ certain preservative power; on which there can be placed no dependance. * ' Q. 9. Do you know of any instance of a per¬ son dying of Small Pox, after having previously had the Cow Pox ? Yes; several. _ > r ' •. v > Jf v • / > ■ . ’ 'I ' T- t l a Rowland. The summary of which is,-— Small Pox after Cow Pox - - - - 67 Diseases in consequence of Vaccination 25 Deaths by Small Pox after Cow Pox, and by Cow Pox diseases ------ 8 S —•-- Total 100 Previous to this, there had been published by me, and a few others whom I furnished with most of their Cases, exclusive of the Surgeons Return, and Newspaper ac¬ counts, the following well-authenticated statement, of Cow Pox Failures, Mischiefs, and Deaths. Small Pox, after Cow Pox - - - 418 Deaths, by Small Pox after Cow Pox - - 51 Diseases, in consequence of Vaccination, mostly Cutaneous, and of a new character - - 257 Deaths, by Cow Pox diseases - - - 34 * __ Total 760 N Q. 10,