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y« Jn Account of a remarkable Inftance of the In-> 
fe^ion of the Small ¥ ox, ©j 2)r. Jurin, Soc. 
Secret. 
A Young Gentleman ill of the Small Pox, of that 
fort which is call’d the coherent, or the middle 
between the diflindt and the confluent Kind, on PF ed- 
nefdayOn^. 3d 17x2, being the fixth Day from the Eru- 
ption, grew delirious in the Night, and got out of bed 
in fpite of the Oppofition of twaNurfes that attended 
him ; and feizing one of his Nurles by the Neck with 
his bare Arms, he prefTed her Forehead againfl; his 
naked Breaft, then cover’d with the Small Pox in the 
State of Maturation, and held her for fome time in 
jtjat Pofture. She was heated by ftriving with him, 
and in ftruggling to get loofe, flie was fennble that flie 
bruis’d and broke fome of the Puftules with her Fore- 
head. The Woman was about 40 Years of Age, of a 
clear, florid, languine Complexion ; flie told me Ihe 
had had the fmall Pox, when flie was about feven or 
eight Years of Age, and had been pretty fall of them, 
but I favv no Marks upon her Face. On Friday 
Morning the Small Pox began to appear upon her 
Forehead, and increas’d by Degrees to between 5:0 
and 6c ; Ihe had likewife a fmall Number of Puftules 
upon the back part and Tides of her Neck, where the 
Gentleman had grafp’d her with his naked Arms ; but 
had none, as flie told me, upon any other Part of her 
Body. The lower Part of her Face was perfectly clear, 
and thofe upon her Forehead were chiefly confin’d to 
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