The inoculator, or, Suttonian system of inoculation ... / by Daniel Sutton.

  • Sutton, Daniel, 1735-1819.
Date:
1796
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    tended, fo as not to a6l ^dtli regular and due energy, convulfion fits are much to be appre- hended ; not to mention, that befidc thefe pre- difipoting caufes, fucklings kept in a confined unwholcfome air, or in a continued fl;ate of un- clcanlinefs, or whofe wretched food is derived from impure or very llale fourccs, are fubjedls peculiarly expofed to convulfions. The figns of convulfions on the incifed part are as follow : about the feventh day from the infeilion of the variolous matter to the attack, which generally takes place on the ninth or tenth evening, the veficated part of the incifioii being deprefled, containing but a fmall portion of lymph, with its outward edge fharpifli and irregular, and a eonfiderable number of fmall points being feen toward the extremity of the vcficle, refembling very fmall pin-holes, and- of the colour of thin milk and water, little doubt remains but that the patient will be attacked with convulfions in the evening preceding the commencement of the eruption, unlefs feafon- ably prevented. To prevent which, when the foregoing figns on the arm are found to exifi, and the diftant approach