Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon.

  • Charles Maitland
Date:
1723
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Credit: Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ S I ’ iiig Artificial T)ifieafies. What is Bleeding^ but an artificial Haemorrhagy ; Purging, but railing an artificial Diarrhoea > Does the Vo¬ miting produc’d by a Surfeit,>nd that pro¬ cur’d by a Medicine differ fo much, as that the One muff be call’d a Difeafc, and thd O- thcr not ? Are notBlifters, Ifl'ucs, and Setons’ artificial Impofthumations ? I hope he has not forgot the to' Trip ttoi^v of his great Ma¬ iler Hippocrates. The Wounds and Ampu¬ tations of Surgq^s, differ only from acci¬ dental Ones, by Manner and Intention 5 Morbus ejl Hie cohorts flatus qui funStiones Animales ladit: And it may be likewife obferv’d, that Phylicians produce thofe Di- feafes in their Patients often by Way of Prevention as well as Ourej ahd^in this they do nothing but imitate Nature, which often attempts the Cure of one Difeafe by another. Page 14.] His next Argument is taken from the fatal Confequences of this very Matter it felf returning into the Bloody in the very Height of the Small Pox, where there feldom is a full and fufficient ^ifeharge by the Skin, &c. One would imagine, that the natural Inference from this, would be to the Advantage of Inoculation 5 For if there are terrible Symptoms, which arife from Want of a fufficient Difcharge of the' purulent Matter in the Small Box 5 Inocu- lationy which provides for fuch a Difcharge,
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