The present method of inoculating for the small-pox. To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox / [Thomas Dimsdale].

  • Dimsdale, Thomas, 1712-1800.
Date:
1768
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Credit: The present method of inoculating for the small-pox. To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox / [Thomas Dimsdale]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A l 3° ] Of the Progress of Infection. IJTXTHERTO very little regard teems JL to have been paid to the progrefs of infection difcoverable by the part where the operation was performed. But it will appear in the fequel, that an attention to this cir- cumftance is very neceffary, becaufe a juft prognoftic may thence be fometimes formed of the future ftate of the diftemper, and in¬ dications may be taken from the different appearances on the arm, that will enable us to prevent inconveniencies. The former method of covering the place of incifion with a plaifter, and continuing upon it dreffings of one fort or another, pre¬ vented much uieful information of this kind. They prevented any judgment by the touch, and fometimes rendered that by the eye equivocal. * The day after the operation is performed, though it takes effedf, little alteration is dif¬ coverable. On the fecond day, if the part is viewed