An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolæ vaccinæ, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / by Edward Jenner.

  • Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
Date:
1798
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Credit: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolæ vaccinæ, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / by Edward Jenner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE XI I L One inftance has occurred to me of the fyftem being ajBFe6led from the matter ifluing from the heels of horfes, and of its remaining afterwards unfufceptible of the vario- lous contagion; another, where the Small Pox appeared ^bfcurely ; and a third, in which its complete exiftence was pofitively afcertained. Firft, THOMAS PEARCE, is the fon of a Smith and Farrier ne^r to this place. He never had the Cow Pox; but, in confequence of dreffing horfes with fore heels at his Other's, \yhen a lad, he Jiad fores on his fingers which fuppurated, and which occafioned a pretty fevere indifpo- fi,tion. Six years afterwards I inferted variolous matter into his arm repeatedly, without being able to produce any thing more than flight inflammation, which appeared very foon Ez after