I^'fiarfrom D) . Thornton on the Coiv-Pox. 4.9 



ftice and body, a year before his clothes catching fire, \vhc» 

 tlie child was nearly burnt to death. 



General ol'servaf/on. — Tliese six having had no |icrcep- 

 tihle constitutional affection, they were inoculated again 

 with the cow-pox, but this took no effect ; also with the 

 sniali-pox, but tlicy were likewise p7vqf' agabitt both. 



THE CONCLUSION OR INrEKEXCi:. 



• Fearful that continuing the same account* would onlv 

 fiitigue mv readers, I shall tlicreibre just sum up, that fori !/- 



» The cxampks of this sort, furnished by my practice as physician to 

 the Mary-lu-boiie dispensary, for four years, are cxciemeJy numcnius. I 

 shall iDcnxinii, however, oulv a very few strong casts, thiiikiii^ that 

 more wuuld he neecUcss, and tiresome to the reader. 



Three years back I inoculated John King, set. 3, and Thomas, xt. ij, 

 children of the pubiicM, who lives in IVLngaret-street, at the corner of 

 Great Portlaud-screct, with the cow-pock, and they scarcely ailed anv 

 thing. Mr. King's niece not loiii; after came out of the country, and on 

 her arrival in town fell ill of -the natural small-po:-:, and hdd them very 

 fu[!. John King sUpi with her the whole time; they both were with her 

 in the day ; and the inother relates, that frequently since they have been 

 in company with childicn labouring under the small-pox, never wishing 

 them to avoid it. And to complete the decisivenas of this fact, t had 

 rhcm both, at two separate times, inoculated for the small-pox; bur 

 having had the cow- pock, they were rendered thereby unsusceptible of 

 the small-Yox. 



I i«ocu!ated John, Thomas, and William Plant, who live in Edward- 

 vard, Edward-street, and thev had the ccw-pock the usual mild wav ; a 

 fourth ciiiid was inoculated with the small-pox, and a plentiful crop of 

 pustules were j)roduccd. The children bcin^ in the same house, ate, 

 drank, and wcreconstantly together, but no infection tfxjk pJace. I then 

 inoculated these three repeatedly with the small-pox j but they were 

 found each time to ht proof ai'-ainst th:;t disease. 



Elizabeth Restieaux, living at 38, Castle-sTreer, Oxford-market, was 

 inoculated by me three vcars ago, and had the cow-pock in the usual mili 

 *\ay. A year after this she was in the same house v\ here there were 

 three children who were seized witli the natural small-pox in a very bad 

 manner, and she was constantly with them, and has since been taken re- 

 peatedly to houses at my instigation in which the small-jxjx was; and she 

 lias also been inoculated by me twice with the small-pox and once with 

 the cow-pock, at ilifTerent intervals, but without tjiese producing the 

 smallest effect more than a slight scratch from a lancet. 



Margaret I'itchet was inoculated by me four years ago. Some months 

 after she had had die cow-pock, achild in the same house, No. S.Duke's- 

 court, IJou -street, took the natural small-pox, and was covered witii pui<- 

 tules from head to foot. These children were together as usual ; but no 

 sniall-pox was cnmmunicaied ; and having inoculated her at least a dozen 

 -times since, at ditFercnt periods, I found her in every instance proof agzwvit 

 the small-px. 



Mary, Robert, Thomas, and Alexander Routicdge, living in St. Ann's- 

 court, were inoculuttd by me for the cow-pock. Mary y.itj'vrjosi/j sent 



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