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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    \ . [ 2P ] If neither an inoculated patient is at hand, nor any one in the neighbourhood has a a diftincl kind of the natural difeafe, a thread may be ufed as in the common manner, provided* the thread be very re- cently infedled, but I think it ought to be ufed as foon as poflible, after being charged with infedling matter. The following method of introducing the difeafe has likewife been found effedlual, but I have never pradlifed it myfelf. Dip the point of a lancet in variolous matter, let it be held in the air till it is dry, after which it may be clofed and kept in the common cafe without any further care; and with this prepared lancet raife the fcarf Ikin ob¬ liquely, and keep the lancet a little time in motion between the two Ikins, that part of I. the matter may be mixed with the animal juices \ then withdraw the lancet, and leave the incifion uncovered as before. Of