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VIII. The Cafe of a Lady , who was delivered 
of a Child , which had the Small Pox ap- 
peared in a Day or two after its Birth ; 
drawn up by Cromvyell Mortimer, M. D. 
Seer. R. S. 
T HIS Gentlewoman had never had the Small 
Pox that fhc knew of, and was accounted by 
her Relations likewife not to have ever undergone 
that Diftempcr. In Feb. 1700-1. fhe was big with 
Child, and within about a Fortnight or three Weeks 
of her full Reckoning, when the following Accident 
happened. A poor Widow Woman, who lived in 
a lonely Cottage in the Neighbourhood, was feized 
with the Small Pox, and had nobody to aflifl or 
nurfe her; the Country People, as much afraid of this 
Diftemper as of the Plague, would neither fend her 
Neccflaries, nor fuffer. her to come to their Shops to 
buy : Wherefore in this Extremity fhe made fhift to 
get to this Lady’s Houle, who was noted for her 
Goodnefs to the Poor, efpecially for giving them 
Medicines when lick: Her BufineL to entreat 
the Lady to defire her Husband to ufe his Authority* 
with the Overfcers of the Poor to appoint a proper 
Nurfe to attend herl; for that other wife fhe muft cer- 
tainly perifh for want of Necdfariesj for even the 
Par ilh- Officers \ 7 ould nor- go near her. She exprefied 
a very earneft Defire to fpeak to the Lady herfelf, 
who confented to go to a Window, and fpoke to 
her crofs a Courtyard at 30 or 40 Feet Diftance, 
thinking herfelf fafi from Infe&ion in that Situation. 
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