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in the house in which she hvech About this time her son 

 was attacked with very violent fever, succeeded by a copious, 

 eruption all over the face and body, which was declared by 

 Mr. Smith, an apothecary who attended him, to be the 

 small-pox, and which was ten or twelve days before it com- 

 pletely scabbed and dried off. 



Some time after this,, a brother of her husband, a medical 

 man, who had not seen the child during its illness, inocu- 

 lated him for the small-pox, in order to insure his complete 

 security; a small pimple on the part was only formed, 

 which soon disappeared, and no fever or eruption ensued. 

 About six weeks ago, this boy, now eleven years old, was 

 attacked with i'ever, followed wit-h an eruption, which broke 

 out on the lace, bmiy, and limbs, exhibiting the ordinary 

 appearance of small-pox, and which turned on the.eighlh. 

 day. 



Mr. Kerrison, of New Burlington-street, who attended 

 this boy, states, that the eruption exhibited the exact ap-. 

 pearance, and passed through all the stages of distinct small- 

 pox. He also from this boy inoculated a child who had 

 fever at the usual lime, followed by a slight variolous erup- 

 tion. 



The history of the former disease was procured from Mrs. 

 Godwin, and the history of the second attack of small-pox 

 from Mr. Kerrison, by Mr. Moore, director of vaccination 

 at this establishment. 



TV. Case of Peter Sylvester, No. 10, Cross Street, Carnainj 

 Market. 



This boy's parents are both dead. He was born on June 

 7th, 179s, and on the y 1st of February following was ino- 

 culated for the small pox by Mr. Ring, of New-street, sur- 

 geon. Mr. Ring showed the direcior of vaccination at 

 this establishment, his account book of that period, in 

 which there is a char>2;e regularly entered lor inoculating 

 this boy for the small-jjox. 



The cicatrix on his arm is still conspicuous, and six or 

 seven small- pox j/its, occasioned by the former eruption, 

 have marked his face. 



On the 241 h of June last, this boy was taken ill with fe- 

 ver; on the 27th an eruption on the skin took place. Mr. 

 Moore, the director, saw him on the 30tb : the spots on the 

 skin were very numerous, but distinct, and the skin round 

 their bases was inOanied ; many had formed within the, 

 mouth and throat. 



July 1st, the t-ruption has now assumed the appearance 



of 



