An essay towards an investigation of the present successful, and most general method of inoculation / By B. Chandler.

  • Chandler, Benjamin, 1737-1786.
Date:
1767
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Credit: An essay towards an investigation of the present successful, and most general method of inoculation / By B. Chandler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    frequent reflection on the fubjeft, I was ftfuck with a thought which appeared of the laft importance, and determined me to make a trial of it, as foon as a proper op¬ portunity occurred. r • *— ■ r r • y * ■ ' - f At this time, a number of perfons in the neighbourhood of Chilham being defirous of Inoculation, I joined with Mr. Mantell a Surgeon of reputation and experience there; and have in conjunction with him, and at other places by myfelf. Inoculated great numbers without any choice of fubjects, as nobody has been refufed on account of age, conftitution, or infirmities. All of them have been in every ftage exadt copies of Mr. Peak’s patients; and not one of them has given us a moment’s uneafinefs, either ort account of the previous fymptoms or cqnfe- quent eruption. As it may be neceflary for the cpnvi&ion of others, to trace the difcovery by the iteps which kd me to it, I take the liberty of making fome remarks on Dr. Baker’s inquiry and on Dr. Glafs’s letter: their accounts of the Suttonian method, differ in fome things from what I faw.pra&ifed here by Mr. Peak: „ . ' ' which