Reports of a series of inoculations for the variolæ vaccinæ, or cow-pox; with remarks and observations on this disease, considered as a substitute for the small-pox / By William Woodville.

  • Woodville, William, 1752-1805.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Reports of a series of inoculations for the variolæ vaccinæ, or cow-pox; with remarks and observations on this disease, considered as a substitute for the small-pox / By William Woodville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORTS, 8cc, Last Summer Dr. Jenner prefented to the public * feveral curious and ihterefting facts, refpeding a dife&fe known ' to dairy Farmers by the name of Cow-pox. The moll important of thefe is, that perfons who have been affedted with this diftemper are thereby rendered as fecure from the effects of the variolous infection as if they had actually undergone the Small-pox* * See an Inquiry into the caufes and etFe&s of the Variola; raccinas, a difeafe difcovered in fome of the Weftern counties of England, particularly Gloucefterlhire, and known by the name ©f the Cow-pox. A However