A detail of experiments confirming the power of cow pox to protect the constitution from a subsequent attack of small pox, by proving the identity of the two diseases / by John Badcock.
- John Badcock
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A detail of experiments confirming the power of cow pox to protect the constitution from a subsequent attack of small pox, by proving the identity of the two diseases / by John Badcock. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![well. One small pustule was observable or Sarah's ancle, which had something of the appearance of a variolus pustule, but the child having no constitutional symptoms to confirm it. On the contrary, being in perfect health, I was not disposed to consider it as such. Circumstances compelling me to leave home, a week elapsed before I had an opportunity of seeing these children again, when my suspi- cion regarding the infant was confirmed. He had died from small pox. The others remained in perfect health. The mother then informed me that another daughter, (Rhoda) nine years of age, vaccina- ted, in infancy, with the old vaccine, took the small pox, but had it mildly. Brighton Dispensary, 1844. The cases of the above four children, named Tugwell, were under my observation, and I can ansiver for the accuracy of their relation. (Signed] S. R. SCOTT, House Surgeon. Victoria Trott, aged twelve months, (32, Upper Gardiner Street) was vaccinated by me](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21039409_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
