An inquiry how to prevent the small-pox. And proceedings of a society for promoting general inoculation at stated periods, and preventing the natural small-pox, in Chester / by John Haygarth.

  • Haygarth, John, 1740-1827.
Date:
1784
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Credit: An inquiry how to prevent the small-pox. And proceedings of a society for promoting general inoculation at stated periods, and preventing the natural small-pox, in Chester / by John Haygarth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Errata & addendum. Page 5. ' michief' for ' mifchief.' p. 10. 1. 13. « fix'for « feven.' p. 24. 1. 4. c varlioous' for * va- riolous.' p. 113. 1. 13. ' Hncee' for ' hence.' p. 198. 1. 2. 4 above-mention' for * above-mentioned.' p. 36. after the 9th Cafe, add, On June the 25th, 1784, Matter 13 years of age, went into a chamber, where there was a boy 13 years old recovering, and another ill of the Small-pox. He toolc notice to me, that he perceived a peculiar fmell in the room. On the 9th of July his eruptive fever commenced; that is, on the 15th day atter he was infefted. This cafe defervcs peculiar at- tention, as it affords a clear and decifive inftahce that the peiiod between infedion and the eruptive fever, was longer in the natural, than it is in the inoculated Small pox. Mr. Nicholls, furgeon, of Ruthin, was alfo witnefs of this fatt.