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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    [ 3+ ] He appears greatly afraid of bleeding, and of expofing his Patients to the injuries of the air, left the eruption of the puf- tules fhould be checked; and, in particular cafes, he allows a cordial both before, and after the eruption. But, from the very beginning, it is obfervable that he leans towards the cool method. “ If my own Son, fays he, “ was to have the “ Small-Pox, (unlefs fomething “ extraordinary was to happen] “ I would not iufter him to “ keep his bed till the ftrft ap- £< pearance of the eruption; nor “ would I allow more fire in s £ the room, or more cloths on u the bed, than what he is ac- u cuftomed to, when in health.”