The singular case of a lady, who had the small-pox during pregnancy; and who communicated the same disease to the foetus. ... As read at the Royal Society in February 1786 / by W. Lynn.

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[1786]
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Credit: The singular case of a lady, who had the small-pox during pregnancy; and who communicated the same disease to the foetus. ... As read at the Royal Society in February 1786 / by W. Lynn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    infedlion, go through the feveral ftages of it, and come into the world without a fpot; for the lady having had the difeafe in the lixth month, implies, that /he had gone through it before the fix months were com- pleted ; confequently there were full three months remaining before the child came into the world. Suppofing, therefore, the child to have gone through the difeafe before the feventh month was ac- compliflied, it had ftill upwards of two months to get rid of any marks rjemaining from any previous puftu- les it might have had; and is it not extremely