Account of the introduction of the cow pox into India / [by George Keir].

  • Keir, George.
Date:
1803
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Credit: Account of the introduction of the cow pox into India / [by George Keir]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f 83 ] On two of them you will obfcrvc that it Had no efFeft whatever, not one of them have had the fmallefl: degree of ficknefs or conftitutional derange- ment, nor even a fingle fpot or appearance of eruption is very certaioi and from the frclhnefs of the matter with which thgy were inoculated, and the care taken to infert it, I am inclined to think' it equally certain, that had thefc children not pre- vioufly had the genuine vaccine difeafe, fome one or other of them; or moft probably the whole 6ve, would have had the fmall-pox.” Tone EDITOR BOMBAY COURIER, November l<^th 1802. It will give fatisfadion to the publick, to learn that Anna Duflhall (the fit ft Child that had the Cow- pox in India) has been inoculated with the matter of fmall pox and has refilled its adion. Mr. Kennedy was fo good as to fend me from Hyderabad fome variolous matter on thread, with which Dr. Keir and myfclf inoculated Anna in two places, very near to each other, in each arm. The Cuticle was divided, and a thread ofaboutthe length of one quarter of an inch was carefully placed in each of the four incifions. The threads were after- wards well fecured by plaillcr and bandages. This was