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, M.D.

  • Thomas Dimsdale
Date:
MDCCLXVII
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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, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [: ] CASE X'XIX. . ■ About tbi*€e m tho. aflemoon I vifiled a n?ii(idl“e-aged mm, who after two daysdllnei^ hadr an eruption, which the neighbau;rs. fet* pedted to be- the fmalUpox-’; I ffoMAdi him in bed^, yery^ hot^ and in a iweat; his pulfe- quick, full, and ftrongi his f^ee pretty^ full of fmall-pox-, which had begun to appear in the morning. I received the ufuat accouu^^ of the preceding fymptoms, which had been pretty fevere, and he ffill made great coiht plaints of pains in his head, back, and loin^ i t immediately gave him a pill, coBtakiing c^l. gr. V. tart, ernet, gr. which I had taken with me upon a prefumptibn that I might want it: I alfo infifted on his getting up, and going abroad into the air, notwithftanding: the fweat he was in, which it was my intention pD. reftrain I met with the ufual difficulty in getting this advice complied with 3 hovv- ever he .was affifted, came down flaifs, and went abroad, being fopported by his yvife; fo? he feemed very weak, and had not been out of his bed foi* two days before ; - >-
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