Annual report, 1803 / By W. Hawes.

  • Royal Humane Society (London, England)
Date:
[1803]
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Credit: Annual report, 1803 / By W. Hawes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ROYAL JENNERIAN SOCIETY*. FI E W OF THE NATURAL SMALL-POX, &C. By John Addington, Esq. NATURAL SMALL-POX, ' HISTORY. ' . j For Tw.elve Centuries, this Dileafe has been known to continue its ravaf2;es, deftroving in every an imniciije propoJ'lio?i o[ ihc-^ whole laopuiation of the wop^ld! General Char a Slcr. Mortality. Danger. Contagion. In home Inftances Mild, but for the njoh part Violent, Painful, Loath- fome. Contagious, and dangerous to Lite. One in Six, who have the Difeafe, Dies. At lealt half of Ma 11 k i n d ha\'e i t: con feq ucn tl y One in. Twelve of the Ha- mnri Race perifli by One Difeale 1 In London, 3000 an¬ nually. In the United Kingdom, 40,000. One in Three has a Dangerous Disease. Contagion always accompanies it. V INOCULATED SMALL-POX. i L For the moft part Mi id, but in fonie inilances Violent, Painful, Loath- tome. Contagious, and dangerous to Life. One in 300 Inocu¬ lated, DIES. In London, probalrb Onein On (Tl'unchsal- Inocnkuion of SmaI!-Pox, bv fpreading the Dlf- eale, has increaled itsgeneralMortalin- hyiyiuevery j-OOO. One in Thirty or FArty , has a Dangerous Disease. Contagion i- always acorn panics ^ it. O n d d > H pj « o o t . I Uniformly Mild, InollenTne, free from Pain or Dan¬ ger, and an Infalli¬ ble Preventive of the Small Pox. ... j ^ NEVER, FATAL. NoDangrr>,, ‘y N OT Contagious. * The above view is the m. ft fatisfa<ftoiy argiiment hitlierto adduced in favour of the new Inoculation; and we cannot refill thiS'opportunity of recoiT)mending, in Ih.e ftrongeft manner, to every individual, ttic lupport of a Scciety, whole iuecefsis fo deeply interwoven with our very cxiftence. W. H. t First