Volume 1

History and pathology of vaccination / by Edgar M. Crookshank.

  • Crookshank, Edgar M. (Edgar March), 1858-1928.
Date:
1889
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Credit: History and pathology of vaccination / by Edgar M. Crookshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has oozed out, and, by drying, formed a yellow crust. On Monday, December 22nd, 1806, five days after the inoculation, Mr. Bryce inoculated him with matter from his left arm : instead of laying the lancet flat upon the arm, and rubbing off the matter while the point of the lancet was under the cuticle, he punctured the arm, with the point placed perpendicularly, three or four times. December 22)rd.—Thirty-two hours afterwards, a pimple about one-tenth of an inch in diameter, and of a red colour, had formed on his right or last punctured arm. The vaccination was at the time considered complete.” J. M., tet. II, Monday, March i6th, 1818, suffered from symptoms which developed into an attack of Small Pox. The third child, K.M., had also been inoculated wdth Cow Pox, and tested by Mr. Bryce, and, at the time, Mr. Bryce, and Dr. Monro and his father, regarded the vaccination as perfect. On March 15th, 1818, K.M., set. thirteen, had symptoms which proved to be those of an attack of Small Pox. Among other cases reported to Dr. Monro, was the son of Dr. Hennen. This boy contracted Small Pox, and at first, as the boy had been vaccinated, the disease was considered as Varicella. But the source of infection was a soldier, in whom the disease was ascertained to be Small Pox. Dr. Hennen wrote;— “This boy was vaccinated by myself when three months old, and I had every reason to be satisfied with the genuineness of the matter ; he has often been exposed to variolous contagion in Spain, France, and Portugal, and particularly last year at Portsmouth. Another letter of great interest was received from