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
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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 / By Thomas Dimsdale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ Ti2 ] fluent. I judged from the violence of the' fymptoms the difeafe would be dangerous, and the event doubtful, and was therefore defirous of trying how far the fame method and remedies which were ufed fo fuccefsfully in the inoculated fmalbpox, as well as in fome cafes of the natural difeafe, would avail in this. The neceffity of removing the patient afforded me a good opportunity, without any imputation of rafhnefs. I therefore pro- pofed her being taken down flairs into a parlour under the room where fine then lay, while I was prefent, and ready toaffift, if the fatigue fliould be too much for her; this was confented to ; the women affiled in get¬ ting her cloaths on, which fhe feemed much pleafed with, being then delirious. She was altogether unable to ftand, and was there- fore brought down by three perfons in the fame manner as if fhe had been dead. She was then placed in a chair, but had not even ftrength to hold herfelf upright, but was fup- ported in that pofture by the women about her. ♦ The fatigue of moving, and change of pofture, occafioned a faintnefs, in which fhe loft