The new method of inoculating for the small pox : delivered in a lecture in the University of Philadelphia, Feb. 20th, 1781 / by Benjamin Rush, M.D.

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
MDCCLXXXI [1781]
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Credit: The new method of inoculating for the small pox : delivered in a lecture in the University of Philadelphia, Feb. 20th, 1781 / by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The next fymptom which demands the aid of our art is the inflammation and fore on the arm. Poultices of all kinds ihould be laid afide, at. tending to increafe the inflammation and fore.— Inftead of thefe, the part afFetted ihould be wafli- ed three or four times a day with cold water. § This application is not only agreeable to our pa- tients, but foon checks the progrefs of the in- flammation, and difpofes the fore to heal about the time the eruption is completed. The eyes ihould likewife be wafhed frequently with cold water to fecure them from puftules and inflam- mation.—With refpecl: to thofe alarming or troublefome fymptoms which occur in thofe cafes where the pocks are numerous, or confluent, they happen fo feldom in Inoculation that they do not come properly under our notice in this place. They are moreover fully difcufled by Do&s. Boer- have, Huxham, Hillary and other practical, writers.— V. I come now in the Iaft place to deliver a few § Where the inflammation on the arm has been fo confiderable, as not to yield immediately to the application of cold water, I have ufed the vegeto-mineral water with advantage.—