A Discourse on the Preparation of the Body for the Small-Pox, And the Manner of Receiving the Infection

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Excerpt from A Discourse on the Preparation of the Body for the Small-Pox, And the Manner of Receiving the Infection: As It Was Deliver'd in the Publick Hall of the Academy, Before the Trustees, and Others, on Wednesday, the 21st of November, 1750Ever finc'e the small-pox appear'din the World, it has always been accounted a dangerous, and frequentlyja mortal Difiemper Whenthe Difeafe is violent, it is certainly extremely dangerous in its own Nature, but capable of being rendered much more fo by a wrong Management. The bot Regimen, which was univerfally pra'étis'd before Sydenbam's Time, and by too many fince, has hurried Numbers out of the World, which might have been eafily fav'd by a different Treatment: But 'every Thing relating to the Management'of the Patient thro' the Courfe of the Dil'tem per having been fo - fully handled by others, I propofe not to dwell uponit in the prefent Difcourfe. My principal Defign is, to offer fome Things concerning tbc Preparation of tbe Body, and. Tbe Manner of receiving tbc Inferflion, which, from any Thing I have yet feen, appears to me, never to have been confider'd with that Attention the Importance of the Subjefi: deferves, This too feems the more necehary, . As there are fome Points re lating to this Matter, of the the Life and Safety' of Numbers of Mankind, concerning which, People are by no Means agreed in their Opinions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.