A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox / by Edward Jenner.
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
- Date:
- 1800
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox / by Edward Jenner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ *4 ] trouble. The conftitutional fymptoms which appeared on the eighth or ninth day after inoculation, fcarcely deferved the name of difeafe, as they were fo flight as to be fcarcely per- ceptible, except that I could conneft a flight head-ache and langour, with a ftiffnefs and rather painful fenfation in the axilla. This latter fymptom was the moft Ariking, it re- mained from twelve to forty-eight hours. In no cafe did I obferve the fmalleft puftule, or even difcolouration of the fkin like an incipient puftule, except about the part where the virus had been applied. “ After all thefe fymptoms had fubfided, and the arms were well, I inoculated four of this number with variolous matter, taken from a patient in another regiment. In each of thefe it was inferted feveral times under the cuticle, producing flight inflammation on the fecond or third day, and always difappear- ing before the fifth or fixth; except in one who had the Cow Pox in Gloucefterfhire before he joined us, and who alfo received it at this time by inoculation. In this man the puncfture 3 inflamed i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2201343x_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
