The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox

The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox - To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox

From the time that I entered into the practice of medicine, and saw the danger to which the generality of those who had the small-pox in the natural way were exposed, I could not but sincerely wish, with every sensible person of the faculty, that Inoculation might become general. A considerable share of employment in this branch of my profession has for upwards of twenty years occurred to me; and altho I have been so fortunate as not to lose a patient under inoculation, except one child, about fourteen years ago, who after the eruption of a few distinct pustules died of a fever, which I esteemed wholly independent of the small-pox, yet I must acknowledge that in some cases the symptoms have cost me not a little anxiety for the event. Nor have the subsequent effects of this practice always been so favourable as one could wish; and tho far from equalling those which too often follow the natural small-pox; either in respect to difficulty or number, yet they sometimes gave no small uneasiness to the operator. It cannot likewise, it ought not to be concealed, that some of the inoculated have died under this process, even under the care of very able and experienced practitioners. But this number is so small, that, when compared with the mortality attending the natural small-pox, it is reduced almost to a cypher. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49840
Author: Dimsdale, Thomas
Release Date: Sep 1, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English