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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    » [ 21 ] nient necelTary, will be obvious to thofe who are acquainted with the animal ceco- nomy and medical practice. I The time of menftruation has generally heen the guide in refped: to the inoculation of women; that the whole of the difeafe might be over within the menftrual period* This I commonly obferve, when I can chufe my time without any inconvenience^, and inoculate foon after the evacuation ceafes : tho’ I have no reafon to decline per¬ forming the operation at any time, as I can produce many examples in which no in¬ convenience has arifen, nor any difference been obfervable, when this circumftance has been difregarded. Women with child have likewife been inoculated and done well, yet fome parti¬ cular emergency fhould be pleaded in ex- cufe for it in their fituation, as it may be attended with fome hazard. I have not inoculated any woman whom I knew to be pregnant; but fome who conceal¬ ed their pregnancy have been inoculated by