An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / by Edward Jenner ... ; from the second London edition.

  • Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
Date:
1802
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Credit: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / by Edward Jenner ... ; from the second London edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the difeafe with the reft of the family, but, com. pared with them, had it in a very flight degree] cne very fmall fore only breaking out on the little linger of her left hand, and fcarcely any perceptible, indifpofition following it. As the malady had (hewn itfelf in fo flight a man- her, and as it had taken place at fo diftant a period of her life, I was happy with the opportunity of trying the effcfts of variolous matter upon her con- ftitution, and on the 28th of March, 1797, I in- oculated her by making two fuperficial incifions on the left arm, on which the matter was cautioufly rubbed. A little efflorefcence foon appeared, and a tingling fenfation was felt about the parts where the matter was inferted until the third day, when both began to fubfide, and fo early as the fifth day it was evident that no indifpofition would follow. CASE IX. ALTHOUGH the Cow Pox fhields the conftitu- tion from the Small Pox, and the Small Pox proves a protection againft its own future poifon, yet it appears that the human body is again and again fuf- ceptible of the infectious matter of the Cow Pox, as the following hiftory will demonftrate : William Smith, of Pyrton in this parifh, con- tracted this difeafe when he lived with a neighbour- ing Farmer in the year 1780. One ot the horfes belonging to the farm had fore heels, and it fell to his lot to attend him. By thefe means the infeclion was carried to the cows, and from the cows it wa» C