An inquiry, into the small-pox, medical and political ... / by Robert Walker.

  • Walker, Robert, 1755-1808.
Date:
1790
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    ral difeafe, from which the mortality chief- ly arifes; hence raoft of the publications on that fubjed, for more than fifty years paft, have either been in defence of ino- culation, or in fetting forth the moft fuc- cefsful methods of carrying it on. We are of opinion, that very little addi- tional, light has been thrown upon the dif- eafe, produced by accidental infedion, fince the days of Sydenham, unlefs by carrying the cool regimen fomewhat fur- ther than he did; but though the cool re- gimen, and the application of cold air, is of high importance in the fuccefsful treat- ment of fmall-poxg yet notwithftanding thefe improvements, if upon an average we find the fame, if not a greater propor- tion of mankind cut off by that diftemper now, than was above a hundred years ago, before the cool regimen was generally pradifed, we may juftly infer, that the cool regimen of itfelf is infufficient to fub- due the dire fymptoms attending that dif- eafe; and confequently during this long period, we have made no advance in re- ducing the great and conflant annual mor- tality. The