An inquiry concerning the history of the cowpox : principally with a view to supersede and extinguish the smallpox.

  • George Pearson
Date:
1798
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Credit: An inquiry concerning the history of the cowpox : principally with a view to supersede and extinguish the smallpox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3« ] the cattle in this part, and the farmers have made ufe of the appellation Cowpox for near thirty years, although totally ignorant of the difeafe exiftiug in the Weft of England.’* But Dr. Alderfoti, of Norwich* acquaints me, that there is reafon to believe the.difeafe is not known in his neighbourhood. My correfpondents in the North and Eaft Ri- dings of Yorkfhire, in Durham, in Lincolnfhire, and in the neighbourhood of Windfor, acquaint me that the Cowpox is not known in thofe parts. But from the fuccefs which I have had in dis- covering the difeafe, by making a ftri£t en- quiry in farms, where it was believed not to exift; I can fcarce doubt that it breaks out oc- casionally in every part, where a number of Cows are kept, and that the infection is widely difleminated. * I do not find that the Cowpox is known in Eancafhire. Dr. Currie, -f of Liverpool, obli- gingly anfwers my letter he fays, “ I have made inquiries among the farmers, but I have not been able to find one who is acquainted with the difeafe. Of courfe I cannot anfwer any * Dr. Alderfon's Letter, Norwich, Sept. 16, 1798. if Dr. Currie’s Letter, Liverpool, Sept. 8, 179^-
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