Report of the National Vaccine Establishment [on the occurrence of smallpox after vaccination in the families of Lord Grosvenor and Sir Henry Martin, with other cases].

  • National Vaccine Establishment (Great Britain)
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[1811]
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Credit: Report of the National Vaccine Establishment [on the occurrence of smallpox after vaccination in the families of Lord Grosvenor and Sir Henry Martin, with other cases]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    case about to follow; and Sir Henry confesses that he enter¬ tained a most unfavourable opinion of the issue of such a malady, when it was fully formed ; having never seen an in¬ stance of recovery under so heavy an eruption attended by such circumstances. It seemed, however, that the latter stages of the disease were passed through more rapidly in this case than usual; and it may be a question, whether this extraordinary circumstance, as well as the ultimate recovery of Mr. Grosvenor, were not influenced by previ¬ ous Vaccination. HENRY HALFORD. Wr. FARQUHAR, In addition to the preceding account, the Board have authority to state, that during the illness of Mr. Grosvenor, the other children of the Earl of Grosvenor, who had been previously Vaccinated, were exposed to the contagion of the Small Pox under which their brother was suffering, and were also submitted to Small Pox Inoculation without effect. II. The Case of the Son of Sir Henry Martin. \ Sir Henry Martin’s son, aged eleven years, was Vac¬ cinated by Mr. Tegart, in the year 1801, and exhibited all the usual marks of that disorder in a complete and satis* factorjr manner. He still retains on his arm the characte¬ ristic scar. This boy was taken ill on Saturday, the 22d day of June, IS 11; at the period of the attack, he was recovering from the Hooping Cough. 23d. Continued to be feverish. 24th. Mr. Tegart was sent to.