BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
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ined that the matter of a single pustule, m 
rter of an ounce measure of warm water ; such 
as distinct a vaccine pock, by inoculation, 
of undiluted matter ; and was attended with th 
mation and constitutional affection. This shows that 2 
t many persons may be inoculated from a single vaccine pock. 
Could all parents be persuaded to inoculate their children with vac- — 
cine matter soon after birth, the small pox might be entirely eradica- 
[in time. That is the proper time for doing it; although from the 
sonsiderateness of people, vaccination is generally delayed till the —_ 
_ small poxhas actually commenced its ravages among them, when in 
_ the midst of alarm and confusion, they fly to it for relief; and be- _ 
_ fore this is obtained, perhaps numbers have fallen victims. This cul- 
pable delay, too, is well calculated to keep the infection in the coun- 
try, and y eserve it for posterity. ‘ 
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CHICKEN POX. 
This disease, like the small pox, seems to depend upon a specific 3 
: — and affects a person but once in his life. No danger ever 
~ attends it. i 
Be. The eruption is sometimes preceded by chilliness, flashings and 
heat, pains in the head, and back, thirst, restlessness, and a quick, » 
- pulse ; but at other times no such symptoms are perceptible. About 
the second or third day the pustules become filled with a watery 
fluid, which is never converted into yellow matter, as in the small 
pox, and about the fifth day they usually dry away, and are formed 
___ In general, it is only neces: ke use of a ‘regimen on 
_ the first appearance of the er and to give one or two cooling 
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MEASLES. . 
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The measles appeared in Europe about the same time wit 
small pox, and have a great affinity to that disease. They bol 
_ ame from the same quarter of the world, are both infectious, and 
- seldom attack ‘the same person but once. The measles are mo 
- common in the spring season, and generally disappear in summ 
The disease itself, when properly managed, seldom proves 
but its consequences are often very troublesome. ts 
