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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![I [ 6i ] The E FFECTs of this Treatment applied to the natural Small Pox. The very great relief which perfons under inoculation experience from frefli air, cold water, and evacuations by ftool, during the fever preceding erup¬ tion, foon determined me to make trial, how far the like treatment might be ufeful to thofe who might be feized with the fmall pox in the natural way } more ef- pecially in fuch cafes, where from the vio¬ lence of the fym.ptoms, a confluent kind was juilly to be apprehended. But opportunities of making experiments of this fort in a fatisfadtory manner are rare. Firft, becaufe a phyfleian, or even medical afliftance of anv kind, is not often called in till the eruption fhews itfelf, when it is too late to expedt all the good effedls that might be hoped for, from an earlier trial of this me¬ thod ; and fecondly, becaufe the firfl; attack of the fmall pox, is fo much like the be¬ ginning of fome other fevers as not eafily to be diftinguiihed; though a diligent atten¬ tion](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3053026x_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
