An essay on the small-pox: with regard 1st, to its specifick cause, 2dly, to its true nature and essence, 3dly, to the best methods of curing it. To which is subjoin'd, seasonable reflections and considerations on the modern practice of inoculation. In which the two grand objections to the most rational and salutary institution, are examined and refuted / by Charles Perry.

  • Charles Perry
Date:
1747
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Credit: An essay on the small-pox: with regard 1st, to its specifick cause, 2dly, to its true nature and essence, 3dly, to the best methods of curing it. To which is subjoin'd, seasonable reflections and considerations on the modern practice of inoculation. In which the two grand objections to the most rational and salutary institution, are examined and refuted / by Charles Perry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [26] Or the Patient may drink, now and thei for a Change, a fin? 11 Sack Whey made o equal Parts, Milk and Water, with Flore Calendula^ & Papav. Err at. boiled in it. The Food, or Diet, neceflary in thefi Cafes, Ihould confift chiefly of Seeds, Le gumens, and Things of the farinaceou Kindi I cannot omit to obferve here, that a very ingenious and worthy Gentlewoman of mj Acquaintance communicated tome a Medi¬ cine, which (as fhe faid) had been found, b) Experience, to be excellent fpr the Smal Pox. It is as follows, viz. Recipe Stercoris ovini Unc. iv. Croci oft Coccinila ana Drach. i. contundantut Jimul in mortar io, cni adde, fenjtm, Vim Canarini Ibij. Cola afque exprime prt ; cujus detur Unc. ij. pro Dofiy fa- • pins in Die. But though I have given this a Place, a- mongfl: other Things, I do not, I own it, pay any great Deference to it, nor place any great Confidence in it. I mentioned it occafionally, fome time ago, to a Perfon of this Town, (a Retainer to the Craft) who made a fhort (but very pertinent and judicious^ Comment upon it,— in thefe, or the like Words : —- That Medicine (faid he) will only promote what we want to prevent,—which is the Produce arid Growth