An essay on the small pox ... To which is subjoin'd ... reflections ... on the modern practice of inoculation. In which the two grand objections ... are examin'd and refuted / [Charles Perry].

  • Perry, Charles, 1698-1780
Date:
1747
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Credit: An essay on the small pox ... To which is subjoin'd ... reflections ... on the modern practice of inoculation. In which the two grand objections ... are examin'd and refuted / [Charles Perry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ill of if, and have thus continued through the whole Courfe of the Difeafe, without catching the DiD remper ; and yet fome of thole very Perfbns, who had 10 wonderfully elcaped it, have taken it fe- veral years after, only by feeing fome one, who was juft recover’d of it; or, perhaps, only upon hearing the Difeafe mention’d. And hence it may, I think be concluded, and taken for granted, that the fiippoled Principles, or Particles of Matter, were immature, or unripe, and unapt for Impreg¬ nation, at the Time, or Times when they kept fuch a clofe Communication with the variolous Sick : And that, in after Times, the fuppofed Principles, or Particles of Matter,'having acquired, or being arrived at a more perfeSf State of Maturity, they were then fufceptible of Contadd or Contagion, upon the Approach, or Appearance of the vario¬ lous Fomes. Moreover, there are many Indances of Perfbns who have lived to an advanced Age, who (thou gh they have frequently vilited, and communicated with the variolous Sick) never caught the Diffem- per. In fuch, therefore, we muff fuppofe, that the original Stamina of the Difeafe never came to Maturity, fb as to admit of Impregnation. There is one Thing or Circumfiance, belonging to this Diftemper, which is very lingular; and would be proper and peculiar to itfelf, only that the Meafles lays Claim jo the fame Prerogative and Immunity, which is this, — namely, that whom¬ ever has once had the true Small Pox, is nor liable to it, or fufceptible of catching it a fecond time. And this evidently proves, that ibe Stamina, or original Seeds of the Difeafe, are totally fub- dued and extinguifh’d, or elfe are expel Pd, by the Fever: And that there is not the lead TinSfure of it left behind in the Conftitution. Some Phylicians are of Opinion, that the Small Pox may be eluded, and its Acceis abfolutely fore- A 3 ftalPd