Report of the National Vaccine Establishment [on the occurrence of smallpox after vaccination in the families of Lord Grosvenor and Sir Henry Martin, with other cases].
- National Vaccine Establishment (Great Britain)
- Date:
- [1811]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the National Vaccine Establishment [on the occurrence of smallpox after vaccination in the families of Lord Grosvenor and Sir Henry Martin, with other cases]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I, J^he Case of the Hon, Robert Grosvenor^ On Sunday, May 26, 18] 1, the Hon. Robert Grosvenor, who was recovering from the Hooping Cough, became much indisposed and threw up his dinner. Fever followed, and he complained most particularly of excruciating pain in his back. He dwelt on this symptom until Thursday, when he became delirious, and there were observed on his face about twenty spots. He had been Vaccinated by Dr. Jenner, in his infancy, about ten years ago, and the mark left in his arm indicated a perfect disease. On Friday morning, the eruption had not in¬ creased materially in point of number, but the appearance of the spots and the previous symptoms, suggested strongly a suspicion that the disorder was the Small Pox. Sir H. Halford had occasion to go to Windsor in the afternoon of Friday, and did not see Mr. Robert Grosvenor until the Monday following, (June 2d) but he learned from Sir W. Farquhar, who attended him most carefully during Sir Henry’s tibsence, (and subsequently) that the eruption had increased prodigiously in the course of Friday ; that on the evening of that day Mr. Robert Grosvenor began to make bloody water, and that he continued to do so until Monday morning. On Ihe tenth day of the disease, tlie pustules be¬ gan to dry upon the face, which was swollen to a con-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30366616_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
