The history of the inoculation of the small-pox in Great Britain; comprehending a review of all the publications on the subject: with an experimental inquiry into the relative advantages of every measure which has been deemed necessary in the process of inoculation / By William Woodville ... In two volumes.

  • Woodville, William, 1752-1805.
Date:
1796
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Credit: The history of the inoculation of the small-pox in Great Britain; comprehending a review of all the publications on the subject: with an experimental inquiry into the relative advantages of every measure which has been deemed necessary in the process of inoculation / By William Woodville ... In two volumes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In fome cafes we are told the flate of the incifion is fuch, that for feveral days the effeGs of the inoculation can barely be per- ceived, “ the colour about the wound remain- ing pale, inftead of changing to red or in- flamed ; the edges of the incifion fpread but little, they remain flat, {carcely rifing at all, and are attended neither with itching or un- eafinefs of any kind. Nay, fometimes on the fifth, and even on the fixth day, the alteration is fo little as to make it doubtful whether the infeGiion has taken place. —When matters are in this ftate, the appearance is unfavour- able, and implies a late and more untoward difeafe ; to prevent which I dire&t the powder or pill to be taken each night, and in cafe it fails to operate by ftool, or there is the leaft difpofition to coftivenefs, an ounce of Glau-. ber’s falts, or more commonly the laxative draught already mentioned, is given in the morning,