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to, in order to guard againftthe Injuries and Dangers 
of one of the moft dreadful and deftructive Difeafes in- 
cident to Mankind. 1 have juft Caufe, I conceive, to 
incline me to think very favourably of this Method, 
from what I havemyfelf obferved of its Advantages. 
In the Beginning of this Year I loft one Child out of 
five I had, by the Small-Pox in the natural Way j and 
I have feen what great Sicknefs and Mifery the other 
four fuffered, who all of them had the confluent fort, 
in Comparifon with what the Inoculated underwent. 
One Boy of mine particularly, between 7 and 8 Years 
of Age, had it fo violently, that his Life firft, then 
his Limbs, Senfes, and Intellefts were endangered by 
it ; and he is not yet fully recovered from the Effects 
,of it to his former good Health and Strength, though 
he had it in Dec. and Jan. laft, among thofe who firft 
fell into it, when it came this laft time to this Place. 
'Aug. 1 1 , 1732. 
P. S. Concerning the four Children above men- 
tioned, on whom the Operation did not fucceed, 
but remained unir»fe6ted after the variolous Matter 
was applied in the ufual Way to them. They have 
all of them fince efcaped the Mealies, though moft 
other Children about them had ’em, and none of them 
have yet had the Small-Pox, though it ftill continues 
in the Town. There are not many now that are 
lick of it, but it is of the bad confluent 
kind, attended with Purple-Spots, and watery Blad- 
ders that are mix’d with the Purples. It is obferved, 
that moft of thefe who have of late been vifited with 
it, have died thereof. This probably will incline 
fome to ufe Inoculation again, and to make that Prac- 
tice, under Providence, their Refuge. 
I am, Sir, Yours, 
m. 25. 1732. Evan Davis. 
