An inquiry into the merits of a method of inoculating the small-pox, which is now practised in several counties of England / By George Baker.

  • Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet
Date:
MDCCLXVI. [1766]
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Credit: An inquiry into the merits of a method of inoculating the small-pox, which is now practised in several counties of England / By George Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ X2] difcoloured circle is obferved, purging medicines ftronger than ordinary, and more frequently repeated, are held to be necefla- ry. There never is any fore in the arm, or difcharge; but con- ftantly and invariably a large The preparatory diet is ftill continued. If the fever re¬ mains fome hours without any tendency to perfpiration, fome acid drops are adminiftered, the effeft of which is to bring on a profufe iweat. But in fome cafes, where the fever is ve¬ ry high, a powder, or pill, ftill more powerful, is given. In¬ deed while my Friend continued in the houfe, no Inch pill or powder was given; and he ne-