Volume 1

Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox vindicated [by himself], from Dr. Wagstaffe's misrepresentations of that practice, with some remarks on Mr. Massey's sermon.

Charles Maitland

Date:: 1722

Credit: Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox vindicated [by himself], from Dr. Wagstaffe's misrepresentations of that practice, with some remarks on Mr. Massey's sermon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[ 5« ] Party of all that have been infeded in the na¬ tural way. I have in thefe Accounts con- find my felf to the Limits of the Towns. The Numbers that have had the Small Pox in the Country; round about, is vaftly greater > but the Proportion of thofe that die is much the fame. I have made the Enquiry infeve- ral Country Villages hereabouts, in fome I found the Proportion to be greater, in others lefs, but in the main it is nearly the fame. I am7 &c. Halifaxy June 16. 1722. Thomas Nettle ton. Mr. Mathers Letter from Bojlon in New Ex gland. > O March iot]l 172I. -p- - 4 r \ j j i r 1 • * * ; 1 'l“*V ’ v ‘ i j f J' 3 : '*> s 1 m s fll Y# V. - * *** SO coniiderable a Part of Mankind fear- fully perilling by the Small Pox j and many more of us grievoufly differing by that miferable Diftemper, you will allow me to entertain you with a few more Commu¬ nications, and writ (I think it’s) a fourth Letter upon it. The$