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poftire to the fmall-pox infection is unavoidably and the confequence of infeCtion at the * time dangerous (as in preg^-nancy), inoculation with the former might, by its quicker aCtion, produce that change in the fyftem which would in-fare the leaft deadly, of ,the two maladies.To urge to fuch inquiries as may afford a fufficient number of faCts, from which to draw all the ufes that may be derived from a profeeution of this fubjeCt, feems to be the aim of the authors; and no fagacity is required to predict, fays Dr. Pearfon, thay Ihould the praCtice of inoculating for the cow-pox ever become very general amongft young perfons (which we hope will be the cafe), the variolous infeCtion mu ft be.extinguifhed; and, of confequence, that loathfome and deftruCtive difeafe, the fmall-pox, be known only by name/ And this benefit will accrue, without even the allay of the introduction1 of a new difeafe j it being plain from the nature of the cow-pox poifon, that (the other being once rooted out) it will be eafy to avoid and prevent its diffemi-nation—as there mud be at leaft a real contaCt with it to caufe infeCtion.
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Philosophical Magazine
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Nov 01, 1798
Page 98
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