A summary of statistics relating to vaccination and smallpox : as observed in the cases admitted to the City of Glasgow Smallpox Hospital, Belvidere, between 10th April, 1900, and 30th June, 1901 / by R.S. Thomson and Robert Fullarton.
- Thomson, R. Stevenson.
- Date:
- 1901-1902
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Credit: A summary of statistics relating to vaccination and smallpox : as observed in the cases admitted to the City of Glasgow Smallpox Hospital, Belvidere, between 10th April, 1900, and 30th June, 1901 / by R.S. Thomson and Robert Fullarton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[From the Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.] A Summary of Statistics relating to Vaccination a?id Smallpox as observed in the ■ cases admitted to the City of Glasgow Smallpox Hospital., Belvidere, between ioth April, ipoo, and joth June, iqoi. By R. S. Thomson, M.D., D.Sc, F.F.P.S.G., F.R.S.E., Professor of Medicine, Anderson's College Medical School; Visiting Physician to the City of Glasgow Smallpox Hospital, Belvidere, and Robert Fullarton, M.A, M.B., Ch.B., late Acting-Superinten- dent, City of Glasgow Smallpox Hospital, Belvidere. [Read before the Society, 2nd April, 1902.] During the past two years Glasgow has suffered from one of the most severe epidemics of smallpox which has visited the city within recent times. The disease is still in our midst, and at present there are in the Smallpox Hospital close upon 200 patients. The epidemic began in April, 1900, and tailed off, as is so com- monly the case with smallpox, on the advent of warmer weather, towards the middle of June of last year. The purpose of this paper is to bring under the notice of the members of this Society what has been learned of the influence exercised upon smallpox by vaccination, by a study of the cases admitted from the beginning of the epidemic till its temporary cessation in June. Before proceeding to consider the different points in detail, it will render the subject more clear if we discuss briefly the various terms used in the description of vaccinal scars, or what are more popularly known as vaccination marks, as well as in the description of the smallpox eruption. In every case admitted to the wards a note is made of the fol- lowing points, namely, whether the patient is vaccinated, and if so, what is the number of recognisable vaccinal scars, and at the same time a careful description is written down of the characters presented by these. The characters of the vaccinal scars are of the first consequence in estimating the probable protective value of the vaccination, for, though vaccination with pure lymph produces](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21456057_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
