Inoculation for the small-pox vindicated : and its superior efficacy and safety to the practice of vaccination clearly proved / by George Lipscomb.

  • Lipscomb, George, 1773-1846.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Inoculation for the small-pox vindicated : and its superior efficacy and safety to the practice of vaccination clearly proved / by George Lipscomb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S3 man caught the natural fmall-pox foine months afterwards, fufiered all the anguifh of its moft terrific fymptoms, v>ras blind for many days ; but at length recovered, and lives to carry about with him the marks of his dif- appointed hopes, and a reproach to his too fanguine medical advifers. It is not on this cafe alone—on which, however, I lay fome ftrefs, becaufe it happened within the circle of my own acquaintance—by which I fupport my difbelief of the preventive power of vac- cination. Many other inftances well authen- ticated have occurred, and if neceflary might be adduced in evidence, in addition to feveral * which have been already made public. Among the numerous cafes inferted in Dr. I^quirrell's lift, I fhall take the liberty of alluding parti- cularly to that of a child at Portfea, which can not but be confidered by every perfon who admits its authenticity, and pays a be- coming regard to the refpedability and vera- city of Mr. Weymouth of Portfmouth, and Mr. Fitzmaurice of Haflar, who faw the pa- tient while under the influence of the difeafe, * See Dr. Squirrell's Obfcrvations. F