A new theory of pulmonary consumption : its causes, nature, and prevention / by Francis Eagle.

  • Eagle, Francis.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A new theory of pulmonary consumption : its causes, nature, and prevention / by Francis Eagle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    torily demanded the adoption of a ** popular custom, was the only animal to which it was not extended ! The next subject to which I devoted parti- cular attention was Small-pox. Observation in practice, aided by some little philosophical research, led me to conclude, first, that (as re- gards cow-pox) the only method of permanently arresting its ravages, consisted in the annual, or at most biennial, renewal of cow-pox matter fresh from the cow, by the National Vaccine Institution ; and, secondly, (with regard to the human subject,) that the grand periods for vacci- nation were two, namely, childhood and puberty. It is a satisfaction to the author, that the latter deduction has already been corroborated by more extensive research. The necessity of constant recurrence to the cow has not, unfortunately, yet met with that attention which the great increase of Small-pox fairly calls for; and yet how simple and plain, and in how narrow a compass, lies this whole question, which continues to agitate all Europe and America! For in what does the adoption of this propo- sition consist, but in annually repeatiny Dr. Jenner*s discovery f You complain, and all medical evidence shows the truth of that complaint, that the vaccine