350 USE OF COLD WATER IN THE SMALL-POX. 



recommends, only during the eruptive fever we used the cold- 

 bath, that is, we dashed cold water on their head and in 

 their faces, which had a remarkable effect in giving imme- 

 diate ease ; it carried off the fever, and no doubt lessened the 

 eruption. 



*' At Castle Weemyss estate, when the Negroes were fever- 

 ish, I made them go in below the spout of water. They 

 were so much pleased with its good effects, that they often 

 went below it of their own accord. All of them had the 

 small-pox remarkably easy. One hundred and twenty of 

 them were inoculated without any preparation ; they were 

 kept at easy work during the whole time of the disease, and 

 were all able to go to their usual employment in fourteen 

 days after being inoculated. 



" The same success did not attend the Negroes on the small 

 settlements, which I think was owing chiefly to their not using 

 the cold bath." 



