Kine pock inoculation : rules to be attended to during the vaccination.

  • Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846.
Date:
July 3, 1809
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    KINE POCK INOCULATION. Rides to be attended to during the Vaccination. IbXl i. THE diet to be the same as before vaccination. 2. Scratching or rubbing the arm, or shoving up the sleeve should be avoided as much as possible. 3. In case an itching sensation of the vaccinated part should give the patient uneasiness, a little vinegar applied to the part will give immediate 4 No matter to be transferred from the person inoculated to another person. Taking it from another often becomes a snare to individuals, and the source of spurious matter. But even those, who by chance have had the genuine disease in that way, have no certainty of it—and who would wish to have it upon uncertainties ? 5. Women, who do house work, should avoid washing and baking on the 7th and 8th days, the usual time for the symptoms. 6. No danger of washing the hands and face in cold water during the dis- ease. ° 7. Women may without hesitation receive the Kine Pock in all circum- stances without exception, at home or travelling by land or water. 8. No danger of vaccinating children at the period of teething. 9. Labouring men and mechanics need not abstain from their custom- ary employment, provided their indisposition does not require it. 10. Children should never be lifted by the arms,* especially when un- der the inoculation. The arm should not be bound up, nor confined in tight sleeves. OBSERVATIONS. 1. It occasions no other disease. On the contrary, it has often been known to improve health ; and to remedy those diseases, under which the patient before laboured. 2. It leaves behind no blemish, but a blessing ;—one of the greatest ev- er bestowed on man ;—a perfect security against the future Infection of the small-pox. J J J N. B. Save the scab for examination. B. WATERHOUSE. MJ,^l%:2:^™0l,hS «*■*» boneofa.oungchild.wou.d^Uftone br it8 Cambridge, July 3, 1809.