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 / By Thomas Dimsdale.

Thomas Dimsdale

Date:: 1769

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 / By Thomas Dimsdale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$/ [ T2I ] * On the 9th both made fome flight com¬ plaints j and on the 12th the wife grew better, on the appearance of a very few diftindt puftules, which maturated after¬ wards in the moil favourable manner. But the man ftili complained of pain and weari- nefs till the 13th, when he grew eafier in that refpedl, and felt a fmartingpain in his legs, which were very red, and had feverai puftules on them. Towards evening they grew more painful, more fwelled, and a further eruption was difcernible, though not eafilyto be diftinguifhed, by reafon of their difeafed ftate. He flept very little this night; but on the 14th I found him free from fever, and pretty well in all refpedts, except the pain in his legs on which, and under the hams, a great number of diftinft, but almoft co¬ herent puftules appeared. There were fe¬ verai alfo in the neck and face, but very few on the body or arms. He had all along been advifed not to ftir much, but had taken greater liberties of walking about than I had allowed. $ \ 15 th. tfe$