A comparative statement of facts and observations relative to the cow-pox / by Thomas Paytherus.

  • Paytherus, Thomas.
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A comparative statement of facts and observations relative to the cow-pox / by Thomas Paytherus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Both Hall and Swinton were in a flate of extreme debility. The local affed:ion on the arms had not the common appear- ance of Cow-pox. Among the other patients, under the fecond inoculation, al- though they fuffered from wide fpreading ulcers and extenfive inflammation, yet in no inftance did the inflammation extend beyond the fhoulder, except in Baker, who com- plained of great pain and forenefs in the pedloral mufcle. The charadleriftic figns of Cow-pox could not be traced on the arms of either of thefe patients. The preceding memorandum of what pafled on the i8th of November was drawn up, and full credit given to the aflertions of Mr. Buckland. Soon after, I was very much furprifed to find that the reports and converfations on the fubje6t became daily more interefting in proportion as they became more contradictory, and at variance with Mr. Buckland’s original nar- rative. H Defirous