The case of receiving the small-pox by inoculation, impartially considered, and especially in a religious view / Written in the year M.DCC.XXV by David Some and now published from the original manuscript by P. Doddridge.

  • Some, David.
Date:
1750
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Credit: The case of receiving the small-pox by inoculation, impartially considered, and especially in a religious view / Written in the year M.DCC.XXV by David Some and now published from the original manuscript by P. Doddridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in their Lungs, which is often deftrudive to thofe who have them by common Infeftion. And, laftly, the Incifions which were made at the Time of Inoculation to admit the Infec¬ tion, may through the whole Courfe of theDif- temper, ierve as Vents to difcharge a great Deal of the morbid Matter; which may probably be a confiderable Relief to the Patient, From thefe Principles, as well as from many others, which I (ball not now men¬ tion, one would be ready to conclude, that the Small-Pox taken in by Inoculation, is likely to be more gentle and favourable, than when it is received in the natural €« Way.*' And if we confult Experience, we Cball find that it is very agreeable to thefe Arguments. They who have tried the Operation, and attentively obferved the Succefs of it, concur to affure us, That when the Diftemper is conveyed by Inoculation, it is generally much more mild and gentle, and free from thofe violent Symp¬ toms which attend it in the natural Way. That not above one in fifty or fixty have mifcarried by it; and that with Regard to moft of them, their Death cannot certainly be charged on Inoculation it felf, but is ra¬ ther to be afcribed to fome Circumftances of imprudent Management: Whereas in the natural Way, the Small-Pox is commonly fatal to one in five or fix Children, and at lead