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

  • Sutton, Daniel, 1735-1819.
Date:
1796
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    CONCLUSION. MY anxiety for the prcfervation of the hu- man fpccies, and the lineere regard I bear for the comfort and honor of a profcllional cha- . radler, make me, I confefs, rcludtant to quit the fubjedt of inoculation, until every poffible veftige of danger from it be done away. I fhall therc-r fore clofe this Work with fuggefting a few ge- neral obfervations, which I am fearful have not yet been fully explained. Firft, As it is woefully known, in the natural way of receiving the fmalL pox, one patient at leatl dies out of five or fix, fo we flrould alfo bear in mind, that one in that number will probably require our beft abilities to bring the fmall-pox to a benign fort, by inoculation. Secondly, Judging from my ex- perience, the difeafe is not to be fubdued in any better way, or more agreeable to the pa- tient, than by adminiftering the preparatives to them in a ftate of health. Thirdly, Whenever patients come under the unfavorable indications, imprefs on their minds the neceffity of purging well; for by fo doing, danger is not to be fear- ed } but by negledling to enforce this neceffary pradlicc.