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A history of the variolous epidemic which occurred in Norwich in the year 1819 and destroyed 530 individuals; with an estimate of the protection afforded by vaccination, and a review of past and present opinions upon chicken-pox and modified smallpox / By John Cross [i.e. John Green Crosse].

  • Cross, John, 1790-1850.
Date:
1820
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Credit: A history of the variolous epidemic which occurred in Norwich in the year 1819 and destroyed 530 individuals; with an estimate of the protection afforded by vaccination, and a review of past and present opinions upon chicken-pox and modified smallpox / By John Cross [i.e. John Green Crosse]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER TII. Of modified Small-pox, and its classification with Variola and Varicella, 173—210. ORIGIN of modified small-pox, 174. Modified smali-pox in France, 175. Ditto in Holland, 178. Ditto in the king- dom of Wirtemburg, 180. Usual progress of this eruption, 182. Importance of ascertaining the central depression, 184. A situation assigned to the eruptions which chiefly attack- ed the vaccinated during the epidemic in Norwich, 186. Se- verer complications of modified small-pox, 187. Mildest varieties of the disease, 188. Source of it, and effects of its contagion, 191. Proportion of the vaccinated who take mo- dified small-pox, 192. Small degree of danger attending it, 193. Probable causes of its occurring, 194. Periods at which it may happen after vaccination, 198. Similarity of horn- pock and modified small-pox, 199. Diagnosis of modified small-pox, 200. Objections to the term, 205. Proposals for classifying it with varicella, 206. Two species of va- ricella, 207. CHAPTER IV. Of Variolous Inoculation and the means of discouraging it. 211—224. EARLY progress and effects of this practice, 212. Its effects upon the mortality of small-pox in London, 213. Deaths in small-pox Hospital during inoculation and vaccination, 215. Difference in extents of the two practices, 215. Deaths from small-pox in Berlin during inoculation and vaccination, 216. Danger of variolous inoculation, 217. lt does not always protect against small-pox, 218. Necessity for legislative interference, 219. Regulations proposed, 221. Circumstances to which inoculation should be restricted, 223.