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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![[ ] the operation from its being performed in one place only. I have alfo tried the following method, with the fame fuccefs as that above de- fcribed, but do not fo well approve of it, becaufe I have been credibly informed that it has fometimes failed in the pradlice of others. A lancet being moiftened with the variolous fluid in the fame manner as in the other, is gently introduced in an oblique manner between the fcarf and true Ikin, and the finger of the operator is ap¬ plied on the point, in order to wipe off the infeftion from the lancet, when it is with¬ drawn. In this method, as well as in the former, a little blood will fometimes ap¬ pear; but I neither draw blood with defign, nor do I think it necefiary to wipe it off before the matter is introduced. In both thefe ways of inoculating, nei¬ ther plaifter, bandage, or covering is ap- lied, or in any refped: neceflary. E Thefe](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3053026x_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
