Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon.

Charles Maitland

Date:: 1723

Credit: Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[55] < * fon; I vifitcd him, (to know the Truth dt thcNoife that was made) on the lixthDav after the Operatio;i, and faw no Eruptions, nor had he any; nor were his Incilions di- gefted: I took the Freedom to ask Dodior fVadpworth then prefent, whether the Sores (pointing at them) were like thofe he faw at Newgate ? And he fairly own'd, he cou d not fay they were. I again faw this Patient a Week after, but ftill no Eruption 5 If any Eruptions happen'd between thefe Times, they could not be the Small 7ox: And I be¬ lieve, none who faw and attended both Ex- pcrimeitts, edn truly fay,’ they were like thofe in Newgate, I own that it feem'd probable that the Ex Perfons in Mr. Batfs Family might have catch'd the SmallBox of the Girl that was' Inoculated\ but it is well known that the SmallBox -^ere rife not only at Hertfordy but in feveral Villages round it, many Months before any Perfon Inoculated there: Witnefs Mr. Dobds Floufe in ChriJIs, Buildings, where he himfelf died of the worft Sort with Purples; and his Children had it. Some other Families there, and particularly Mrs. Mdfs^s, where the a- bovc-named Elizabeth Harrifony Inoculated in NewgatCy attended feveral Perfons under itj^ to prove whether Ihe would catch the Di- ftemper by Infedion; Both Latin Boarding-^ Schools i Mr. Stoufs and Ms. Loyds Fami- E lies^$