142  Dr.  haygarth’s  Obfervations  on  the 
marks  of  infection  appear,  even  in  the  nurfes,  where  the 
patients  enjoyed  the  comforts  of  clean  linen  and  airy 
rooms. 
Antimonials  of  various  kinds  were  given  at  different 
periods  of  the  fever.  They  rendered  the  pulfe  lefs  fre- 
quent in  fome  indances,  if  reckoned  immediately  after 
the  operation,  but  in  very  few  cafes  produced  any  lading 
abatement  of  fymptoms.  After  a full  effcdl  of  the  anti- 
monials, the  Peruvian  hark  was  given  in  a confiderable 
quantity ; but  it  neither  abated  nor  aggravated  the  fever. 
The  remedy  of  mod  manifed  fervice  in  this  epidemic 
was  topical  evacuations  from  the  head  by  leeches  and 
bliders. 
From  the  fecond  table  it  appears,  that  there  were  four 
fatal  indances  of  the  puerperal  fever  in  1774;  a difeafe 
which  frequently  occurred  this  year,  though  I had  never 
before  feen  it  in  Cheder,  during  feven  years  practice. 
In  making  the  general  furvey  of  the  town,  particular 
inquiries  were  made  concerning  the  proportional  fatality 
of  the  natural  fmall-pox,  in  order  to  demondrate  the  ad- 
vantages of  inoculation,  and  to  difcover  at  what  age  this 
operation  fhould  be  performed  that  it  may  become  the 
mod  extenlively  beneficial  to  fociety.  The  proportion  of 
deaths  by  the  natural  fmall-pox  to  all  the  deaths  this 
year  is  1 to  2 and  7-ioths.  From  the  fifth  table  it  is  evi- 
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