A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1801.

  • Whitehaven Dispensary (Whitehaven, England)
Date:
[1802]
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Credit: A general state of the Whitehaven Dispensary, : for the year 1801. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ger period: the introdu&ion of the former might be admitted, to pre- vent the appearance of the Jatter. 13. The cow-pock caunot communicate any other difeafe : nor 14. excite thofe di[tempers to which the conflitution may be predif- ipoled, from an hereditary taint. This is by no means the cafe with the [mail pox ; which has been known to bring into abtion the feminia of fcrophula, and other poweiful difeafes. 15. It has been pra&iled, with luccefs, in all climates, feafons of the year, Oates of the weather, and conditions of the body ; as that of pregnane) : the age, fex, temperament, conflitution and infirmity, or leven difeafe, of thr body being of no confequence. 16. As the cow-pock mav be introduced repeatedly, and as a flight degree of fever is fometimes excited, it has been recommended as pro- per in a variety of chronic difoiders, where the nervous fy ft cm was vio- lently affe&cd. 17. The local diieafe in the part to which the matter was applied is oblerved, in many inftances, to be lets confiderable, and of fhorter duration than in the inoculated fmall pox. j8. The cow-pock mav be communicated, in the ufual mode, to per- fons, who have previoufly differed the lmah pox, either cafualiy, or by inoculation, and the limpid fluid, taken from the puflule, will be quali- fied to produce the difeafe, and become a certain protection againft the 'influence of this dangerous malady. 1 he general employment of the Cow-Pock, therefore, appears to be a perfectly fafe, and fecure mean of extirpating a painful, pernicious, and ofFenhve difeafe. As it is of the utmofl confequence to diflinguifh the genuine, from the fpurious Cow-pock, it will be neceffary to notice the elfential cha- racters of each. The fyrrptoms of the true cow-pock, as affecting the part itfelf, are, in many re(pe£ts, firnilar to thole of the fmall pox. The place where the h alter was inlcrted appeals upon the 2d or 3d day a little elevated, and fliohtl) inflamed. 1 his Hate gradually increafes, and becomes upon the 7th day a fmall pnhuie; which, about the nth or 12th forms a firm and flat, yet fmooth tumour. At an early period, a cor> fide ra hie dcg»ee of h?’di efs can be felt around the vebcle, which contains a veiv Jin' pic] fluid ; and the chief criterion is its being (un- bounded bv a deep yellow, approaching to an orange-coloured effloref- 15 cence.
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