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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    [ *9 ] <c fame time. All his confine-* “ ment was during part of one “ day; and that, I believe, not “ thro’ neceffity; for in the eve- “ ning I walked with him in the “ fields. All, who follow the ct directions ftridtly, come off in ‘‘ this eafy manner. Now and “ then it hath happened, that “ a Patient hath fuffered by his ‘c irregularity, that is, hath had “ a plentiful eruption. But “ danger feems out of the quef- “ tion, and, in ten years prac- “ tice, our Operator hath not <c loft one Patient.” Auguft ii, 1765. y Since the date of this letter, as I am informed by the fame Gentleman, two Perfons have G 2