Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c.

  • Rowley, William, 1742 or 1743-1806.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    indenlation more complete, boasted and swore violently that it was impossible that the iudtntatcd child could have the Small Pox. To ascertain the fact, I requested the fa- ther to put the non-infected, though indentated, child to bed with the other, who hud the Small Pox. The indent- ated child received the infection, went regularly through the Small-pox stages, and recovered. This and Edgeware- road cases, Barlow-street, Adams'-mews, York-mews, and Paradise-street cases, and several others prove, that in- dentation is no certainty, therefore that must be abandon- ed as the criterion of security against the natural Small- pox infection. But why mention a few cases ? the town at this time abounds with innumerable similar instances. To fix the fact beyond the power of prevarication, many were inoculated from the pustules both in Chelsea, Port- land-street, Bow-street, and Edgeware-road, as Mr. John- son's child, No. 10, South-Molton-street, by Mr. Hyde, Mr. Roberts, and others; they all received the Small-pox infection at the usual period, and went through all the re- gular four stages of the Small Pox. So that the third grand proof, the test, the infallible test indentation, seemingly determined to humble and mortify vaccinators, has fallen to the ground, never to rise again ! 4. As to the question, whether persons have not the Small Pox twice, as a palliative for the failure of Cow Pox, it is too ridiculous to require an answer. Ask all the world for a century, inoculators, inquirers, practitioners, all the millions now living secured from Small-pox taint, all who have inoculated thousands and hundreds of thou- sands, and they will all unanimously answer, no.* This question, like the rest, only shews to what shifts the vaccinators must have been driven to, from various facts, to have induced them to have committed themselves, in order • A pitiful, solitary, doubtful case or two are brought from provincial prac- titioners; but how comes it to pass, tliat neither myself, nor any other hospital eitperiencecl, old practitioner, have seen such instances in London, at least, Virhcre wc tee a thoutaad catcs of every diseaie, to one of men in email country prac-