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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    few dire&ions that are neceflary after the erup- tion and fuppuration are over. It is well known that eruptions of an ob- ftinate nature fometimes follow the fmall-pox. Thefe I believe, are often occafioned by a too fudden and fpeedy ufe of animal food. To guard againft thefe difagreeable confequences of Inoculation, it is of the utmoft importance to en- join a cautious and gradual return to the free ufe of an animal diet, and at the fame time it will be neceflary to give our patients a dofe or two of purging phyfic. Thus Gentlemen have I delivered to you a ihort hiftory of the new method of inoculating for the fmall-pox. I am aware that prejudices are entertained againft fome parts of it by phy- ficians of the moft ancient name and character among us. I have witneffed the effefls of the old and new methods of preparing the body, upon many thoufand patients, and I am fatis- iied not only from my own obfervations, but from the experience of Gentlemen upon whofe judgments I rely more than upon my own, that the new method is by far the fafeft and moft fuccefsful.—Added to this, I can affure my pupils, that I have never known a fingle inftance of a patient