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as common People: For, as has been hinted 
in my Addreſs, I queſtion not but ſooner or 
later, it will be found that all Fevers or acute 
Diſeaſes whatfoever, may be reduc'd to or 
rang d under four Claſſes, which, when rightly 
underſtood, their Cure will be rendred more 


Febris z ſemplex, colliquativa vel ſyno- 
chus ſpuria, inflammatoria, & malignans ; ſo 
am very certain from a long and conſtant Ex- 
perience, that tho the Small-Pox is to be 
rank'd among the inflammatory Kind, yet 
ſometimes the venemous Particles do ſo afect 
the Brain at its firſt Seizure, that the whole 


tal, and ſuch die 'a-:45-& without a Fever. 


nis enkindled, then the variolous Poiſon is 
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Circumference, according to the Perfection 
or Imperfection of which Criſis, either a re- 


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Variole confluentes inter. nobiles æque ac vul- 
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tlie Confluent Small-Pox. have of late made 
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certain and leſs expenſive to the Sick, vis. 


Oeconomy of the Spirits are overturn d, ſo 
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bac diſſertatione a. ſententiis magnorum erudito-. 
rum hominum diſcrepaſſe, ſed non rixandi vel | 
certandi gratia, verum reluctanti animo fatius | 
ſt: nam ut nunquam delector in reprehendendo | 
-lienos errores, neque id nunc facio, nift ſolius = 
veritatis ſtudio, in causa graviſſima incitatus. |} 
it-grieves me indeed in this Diſſertation, to 1 
liſlent from the Opinions of ſo many great . 
and learned Men, (as Dr. Sydenham, Friend. 4 
Mead, Cave, Frewin, &c. who all account it 9 
2 putrid Fever only that's call'd the ſeconda- 
ry one, and. that ſeizeth about the Ninth, 
Tenth or Eleventh Day). But tis not done 
for the ſake of Contention or Strife, -or. a. 
defire of Vain-Glory, but with a reluctant 
Mind ; for I never delighted in reprehending 
the Miſtakes of others, nor ſhould now do 
it, was I not excited in a Cauſe of ſo great 
Concern, and in the Purſuit of Truth alone. 
But if this has been one and perhaps the 
chief Reaſon, why ſo many of the beſt ſort 
have. failed under the Hands of the moſt: 
Learned; how can it be expected it ſhould 
be otherwiſe among the Vulgar, when treated 
by ignorant Nurſes, who don't pretend to in- 
terfere with Phyſicians in other Diſeaſes, 
where are no ſuch ſudden Changes and Al- 
terations, and therefore can't be attended _ = 
with a Thouſandth Part of the Danger; and —_ 
yet in this the moſt difficult of all, they pre- - 
tend ro know (and moſt People are infatua- _ 
ted to believe ſo) more than the ableſt 0 ' - 
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moſt ſagacious whatſoever. It muſt be ac- 
knowledg'd that the conſtant Diligence and 
Arrendance of a good prudent Nurſe is ab- 
folutely neceſſary, and of ufe to help through 
che Difficulties the Sick have to ſtruggle with, 
but eſpecially towards the latter End, when 
the ſalival Glands ceaſe from performing theit 
Office, or rather when the Juices by the 
Fever are rendred ſo viſcid that they can- 
not without Aſſiſtance be expectorated. But 
for them to offer to give Things in ſo criti- 
cal a Junctute, (when it requires ſo different! 
2 Method as Bleeding, Purging, Bliſtering, 
Ec. according to the Nature of the then! 
Fever that moleſts, and which often puzzles 
and ſhocks the greateſt Artiſt) is very da- 
ring, and ought by no means to be ſuffer d by 
the Relations concern d, leſt by fo doing 
ſuch become acceſfary to their Guilt. 
Since then the Confluent Small-Pox hath 
been ſo fatal, and now appearing again and 
chreatning to viſit us ſeverely this Summer, 
it having already killed ſeveral among us, I 
rake this Opportunity to do theſe two 
b jy 
_ Firſt, I hereby offer to give my Attendance 
and Medicines in this worſt of Diſcaſes for 
Thirty Shillings, vis. Ten Shillings ar firſt, 
and the other when well, and will have no- 
thing more than the Ten Shillings where any 
die under my Care. The great Succeſs I 
i \ . have had all round the Country in curing ſuch 
= as have been given over by every Body 0 
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aw chews, and eſpecially two Perſons that 
had Purple Spots - over, and bloody Urine ; 
one the Daughter of Mr. Faithorne, the Baſ- 
ket-Maker, now living in Town ; (though 
Dr. Cade confeſſeth, as well as others, that 
they never ſaw one Perſon in the Small-Pox 
in thoſe Circumſtances ſupervive the Sixteenth 
Day; his Words are, Sed ut vera fateor, ue 
unum quidem variolis affetium, cui cruenta uri- 


na fluxerit diem decimum ſextum ab eruptione 


ſupervixifſe ) induceth me hereto z and that it 
may appear obvious to every Body that I am 
as capable as any of my Neighbours to do 
Service to Mankind in the Station I act in; 
ſince it cannot but be allowed, that he that 
underſtands the Small-Pox well, I mean the 
Confluent ſort, (for as for the diſtinct, Na- 
ture does all there, and have no need of Aſ- 
ſiſtance, though I have ſeen ſome killd in 
theſe by the Over · oſſiciouſaeſs of thoſe con- 
cern d) cannot be ignorant, yea, muſt be 
moſt capable of curing all orher acute Dif- 
caſes whatſoever. 

And that I may confirm my We the 
better concerning the different Method to be 
uſed, agreeable ro the different Phxnomena 
of the — I ſhall here give an Inſtance 
under each Head or Claſſis. 

Mr. Fleet, a Butcher, that us d ts Mar- 
ker, being ſurpriz d at the Sight of one that 
newly had the Small- Pox, was taken after 
the Manner that all are, where the Spirits 
ale almoſt totally eclips d, VIS. e 

Flame 


153 


Flame was Uma extinguiſh'd, the' Pulſe 
ſwift, quick and weak, the Urine pale, and 


a Chillneſs and Horrour invaded; the whole 


Machine; in ſhort, the Spirits were ſo ener- 


vated or kill'd, that they could not be brought 


to expand themſelves by all that could be 


done by Art, bur he lay like one aſtoniſnd, 
without a Fever, or any violent Symptom, 


x and died about the Fourth Day. 


Mr. Griſt, my Neighbour, being taken 
with a lancing ſpaſmodical fixed Pain in his 
Back, that he could not ſit upright, nor lie 
ſtill a Minute, the Third Day ſent for me; 
J immediately ſaw the Pain was the Pre- 
numcia, or Fore-runner of the Small-Pox, and 
that in 24 Hours he would be red all over, 


like a St. Anthon — br Fire, would have purple 


Spots, and bloody Urine, and certainly die 
if not preſently — and therefore advis d 


immediately to ſend for Dr. Smith, which 


accordingly was done, who alſo pronounced 
him a dead Man; upon which I propos d, 


Crhat ſince it was both our Opinions, that 


it was impoſſible he could ſurvive long) with 
the Great Hyppocrates, ut melius eſt anceps re- 
medium experiri quam nullum, that it was bet- 
ter to try a doubtful Remedy. rather than 
none ; and that ſince the Blood had nor Room 
to circulate in the Veſſels, the moſt proper 
Way was to educe a large Quantity from 
him, and afterwards to apply Bliſters to ſti- 


mulate the Spirits to raiſe a Fever, and con- 
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{bonld:fay; werhad, killd Rim ; L anſwer d, it 


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putation, who had -narkihg telſe to live bx, 


(for as for himſelf he was got above thar) 
and yet if he would preſcribeigd wouldfetmy 
Hand. to che ſame; but that not prevailing, 
mothing was done, but a Cordidl a »wennza;to 
make Death more eaſy; and the poor :Geri- 
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I. give this Account, and the foregoing, on 
purpoſe to apprize People of the Nature” or 
different Degrees of the Venom of the Small 
Pox, or rather the different Effects chat it 
produceth on the Spirits ande Blood: In the 
former, the Spirits werè truck ſo dead, that 
they could not continue any Heat in the 
Blood, their Influx from the Cerebellum, or 
Aftet· brain, thro the par vagum, the wandring 
or eighth Pair of Nerves into the Heatr, 

were fo ſmall, that the Motion of. that Muſ- 


dle, ſo neceſſary for the Continuance of Life, 


Was ſcarce to be felt, and of Courſe the Cir- 
keulation of the Blood muſt ſoon be ſtopt; 
but in this the Spirits had a greater Influx, 
enough ta give ſuch a Motion to the Heart, 
Las to ſend the Blood thro the. Arteries, and 


do 


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Pe imp el it clean thro the muſculous Fibres, 
that ir might flow back again or be abſorp d 
by the Veins; and therefore it made a Rup- 
ture through the Capillaries, and appear d in 
= Spots, as well as by bloody Urine: 
there is no Way to prevent this but by 
ſending the firſt Moment they are taken, to 
a Phyſician of good Judgment; for if ever 
that Adage, principiis obſta, be neceſſary, tis ab- 
ſolutely ſo here: or as Dr. Harris de Peſte 
-hath it; Principium in onmibus febribus, qua- 
leſcunq; fuerint, ſive continentes, intermittentes, 
in flanimatorie dictæ, & maligne, credite mihi, 
eſt maximi moments, viz. the Beginning in all | 
Fevers of what ſort ſoever, whether they be 
calld remitting, intermitting, inflammatory, 
or malignant, if I may be credited, is of tlie 
greateſt Moment with reſpect to Life, or 
Death; and afterwards, to make this the more 
obſetv d, quotes a Greek Aphoriſm out of 
 Hyppocrates, which I will not tranſcribe, Ne 
ſutor ultra crenidam, leſt he that is ſaid not 
to be capable of writing true Eugliſh, and 
then to be ſure not the fate Aaareſs, ſhould 
be thought to have the Aſliſtance of others i in 
this alſo. 
Mrs. Caves of Barbe Being ill with 
| the Conflucat Small-Pox, the 2d Day after 
_ x the Eruption, got out of Bed for a Knife, 
1 with which ſheendeavoured to cut her Throat, 
the Skin was raz d in two Places, but with- 
out any Effuſion of Blood: Upon which I 
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Degree, and knew not what ſhe had done? 
In this Caſe the Spirits were not ſo oppreſsd 


but were at Liberty to expand themſelves, 


and create an inflammatory Fever, and make 


a Separation of the variolous Poyſon, and 
exterminate the greateſt Part to the Skin; 
but there being yet ſome of the Particles 
left in the Blood, which not being elimina- 
ted by the ſalival Glands, or Urine, the two 
general Ways whereby the Defects of an im- 
perfect Crifis is anſwer d, theſe were again 
tranſlated to the Brain, and the Fever became 
malignant; however, by the Application of 
five Bliſters, and Alexipharmicks internally, 


it was chang d from that into one of the re- 


mitting kind, and by a diligent Obſervation 
of every Alteration thro* every Stage aſter- 
wards, and different Applications according 
thereto, ſhe was recovered ;.tho'the Pox was 
as black as my Hat, and ſhe blind till the 21ſt 
Day of her Diſeaſe. Mr. Row was the Apo- 
thecary. 1 E:? m 

The Reverend Mr. Pearſon, of Limington, 
the Ninth Day of his Illneſs ſent for me; 
when I came in the Evening, they told me 
they were glad I was come, but hoped 
there was no great Occaſion of me, for that 
the Nurſes ſaid the worſt was over, the Pox 
being all rurned in his Face, and he in a fine 
Way to do well; I made anſwer, I was very 
glad to hear ſo, but could I have thought 
it, I would not have taken ſuch Pains in ſo 


wer and bluſtering a Seaſon, being forc'd ro 


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ride. to | Sohthivick our of my Way to ſee 4 
Patirnt therè; However, * . a little Re- 
freſhrenr, Ewent:to: ſee the Gentleman, and 


found the very Reyerſe to all that had been. 
tölch me; for the Pox in his Face, inſtead of 


being come to a due Maturity, were even 
wich the Skin, and all over in à dry Scurf, 
the Face was ſubſided; nor did the Hands or 
Feet ſwell, neither had they any Corruption 
in them: bur were more like Warts yo ta 
Small:Pox ; his Spittle was become ſo rough 
andi viſtid, that it could ſcarce be excreated, 


Be had a conatus iningendi, tho made but a 


ſpdanful-at a Time; and his Pulfe intermitted 


at every Stroke, and now and then had a 


deliguium mimi; all which Symptoms plain 
enongh. demonſtrated that Death was near 


ar land. I went our of the Chamber, and 
told the Petſons concerned; the ſeveral Sym- 


_ - roms; enumerated; and the Danger he was 


in, thar they might ſatisfy themſelves about 
it; and that if he had not preſent Relief, was 


not brought to ſpit freely, or make Water 


dr his Facé ſwell again, and the 
ox there as well as Hands to have Cbrrup- 
tion in them, he would be a dead Man in 24 


Hours; who, upon feeling the Pulſe, and con- 


ſidering the other Things related, and that 
ſeveral of their Nei ghbours had "mage their 
Exit, aftet the Nurles had pronounc'd themi 


dodut of Danger, they were ama that they 


ſhould be ſo impos d on, and beg'd me ts da 
all 925 could be gone for his Relief : I im- 


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mediately order d five Bliſters, and internal: 
Medicines, and went to Bed. About Four! in: 
the Morning I was call d upon, and told he 
wa dying; but when P came to him found: 
him aſleep; and his Pulſe mended, ſo tliat it 
did not intermit above once in ten Times, 
and that he had made above a Quart of Urine 
at twice: T ordered them to mind the Di- 
rections when he ſtir d; in the mean time to 
let him alone. In the Day, about Nine of 
the Clock I found every Thing anfwer be- 
yond Expectation; his Pulſe was now almoſt 
free from Inrermiſſions, he had made three 
Quarts of Urine, the Bliſters roſe well, and 
diſchargd a great Quantity of Serum; and 
yer notwithſtanding all this, the Poyſon be- 
gan again to be excern d by the falival Glands, 
the Pox riſe in his Face, and became full of 
Corruption, and tlioſe in his Hands run ſo 
together, that they became rather Bags of 
Matter, and were the largeſt and fulleſt that 
cyer I ſaw in my Life. The Gentleman eve- 
ry Day grew better and better, till they had 
compleated their Courſe, and he reſtord to 
his Health. In this, as well as the preceding 
Inſtance, the Spirits were nor fo oppreſſed by 
the variolous Miaſms, but were capable of 
raiſing an inflammatory Fever, and making a 
Separation of the infectious Particles, and ſe- 
cerning the Remainder by the ſalival Glands 
and Urine; as appeared by the Efforts of 
both, tho' weak: Therefore thoſe ſucceda» 
neous Ways nor Tuccceding or cjefing ir falf 
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main d, that proceeded ſlowly, and ſo was 
not perceptible to the By-ſtanders, by which 
the Saliva was rendred more viſcid, and the 
Pox dried up into a Scurf before their Time, 
for want of a Supply of Juices to fill them, 
which occaſion'd all the. aforeſaid Danger. 
L have mention'd theſe too, among many 
others to whom Bliſters were. beneficial, on 
purpoſe to convince a certain Gentleman. (if. 
that be poſſible ro be done) that they are 
ſometimes abſolutely neceſſary ; who, about 
ſeven or eight Years ſince, when to a certain 
Perſon I advisd them, diſſuaded from them, 
as neyer having known ſuch Practice in his 
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Mrs. Welch, of Limington, being 85 fat 
corpulent Woman, and having the worſt ſort 
of Confluent . mall-Pox, I was ſent for about 
the ninth Day of her Sickneſs ; when I firſt 
came, ſhe had no bad Symptom, and ſpit 
plentifully, only had a remitting Fever, which 
diſplay d it ſelf by the Exacerbation or Pa- 
roxiſm of Heat that infeſted every Evening; 
however, in two Days ſhe was taken with 
a Diarrhea after a violent rate, and conſe- 
quently a Ceſſation of Spitting, and dell ui- 
um animi, or Faintings; I was not at a loſs 
what to do at ſo critical a Time, wt my 
Preſcriptions met with Succeſs, and carried 
her through this laſt and moſt dangerous 
Time of the Diſeaſe with a great deal of 
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or the Animal Spirits were - kong and vigor 
rous, and had done all that was poſſible ts 
get rid of the Poiſon ; but the Skin being the 
fulleſt I think every where that ever IJ ſaw, 
and not able to contain any more, the reſt 
was ejected by the ſalival Glands, till the Re- 
turn of ſo great a Plenty of Corruption in- 
to the Blood begat a Colliquative Fever, 
which no ſooner was ſtop d (not by binding 
Medicines, for that would have ſoon thrown 
it on the Brain, but by real Specificks,) but 
the Salivation was renewed, and continued 
till it was fit to purge her, whereby ſhe be⸗ 
came free from Danger. 
In the ſame Chamber there lay at the' e 
Time, a Child in the Cradle, breathing very 
thick, ſhort and troubleſome ; upon which 1 
asked, what was the Matter with it 2 They 
told me it newly had the Small- Pox, bur 
were almoſt all fallen off the Face; and like 
to do well; I bid them take ir up, and found 
it had an inflammatory Fever on the Lungs, 
or a Peripneumonia, occaſion d by the Return 
of rhe variolous Poiſon on that Part. I or- 
der d Mr. Ives to bleed it preſently, and to 
ſupply it with Pectorals and Medicines, Pto 
re nata, and ſav'd that Life, which in all 
probability could not have: ſurviv'd, without 
bleeding, a Day longer. n 
Mrs. Franklin, in Town, aged above Sixty, 
had the Small-Pox this Spring ; at the Erup- 
tion, there ſeemed to be a perfect Criſis or 
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Miaſms in its Circulation, an inflammatory 
ene taiſed that could noti he yanquiſh'd 
without bleeding,. purging, and ſeveral other 
Medicines appropriated to ſuch Caſes. 
- ;Lihall mention one Caſe more, whicharill 
make all chat has been ſaid appear the clearer, 
and ; that-is Mrs. Groucher's Daughter, in 
Tichfield.Pariſh,: Fifteen X ears old, who very 
lately had che Confluent ſort, hut: theꝭ beſt 
that could be; for here all rhe-Poiſan was 
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ſo that rhere was no ſpitting, no conatu o min- 
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attending the ripenivg; the Puſtules, where 
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The ſecend Thing Lam; to. do, Carlcane 
would think after the . conſtant : Experience 
that. moſt have had of the billiog\Natore ad 
«Poiſon of the Confluent Small Pox, and with 
iwhar Hazard choſe; mentiond have waded 
through it, there would be no Difficulry do 
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reartices,” e TEE TY 
This Practice indeed hath been bur lately 
introduced into England; but tliere are ſeve- 
ral Perſons in this and tlie neighbouring 
Towns can atreſt, that T have talk d for it 
ever ſince 1713, and have often declared, 
had my Son not had it, I would have made 
him the firſt Example in theſe Parts. The 
Rationality appeard ſo plain and ſelf.evi- 
dent, Upon the firſt reading Dr. Timoniuss 
Letter, publiſhd in Latin in the Tranſactions 
„ F the Royal Society, and being ſo agrecable to 
the Notions T had ever entertain d about the 
Reception of infectious Miaſms, is will ap- 
it peat by the following Sentences taken thence, 
re flif compar d with has been ſaid before, and 
in my late Addreſs concerning it, big. Spiri- 
tus ſtatim imfict rationi conſentanenm eſt,” tunt 
juia in fontes ſpirituum, cor ſcilicet & cerebrum 
fatim ingreſſum aporriæ, tum ration? analobiſini 
nter miaſmata & effluvia iſta & ipſoſque ſpi- 
itus, cum utraque ſpirituoſæ aeree texture 
mr. Deducitur etiam cita & prava ſpirituum 
nfectio a tot tantiſqne ner uoſi ſyſtematis ſymp- 
omatibuſque que malas plerumque comiantur 
ariolas 8 precipue a en epilepti- 
1020 Þ's gue infantibus accidunt ipſo momento, quo 
o farioloſo inficiunt contagio multo antequam fe- 
la- His illos corripiat; that is to ſay, it ſeems 
ora poſt conſentaneous ro Reaſon, that the Spi- 
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| their virulent Ingreſs into the Fountain of 
= the Spirits, to wit, the Brain and Heart; and 
alſo, becauſe there is ſuch an Agreement or 
BE Likeneſs between, the one and the other, 
3 they being both of a. ſpirituous aerial Tex- 
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of the Spirits may be deduced from thoſe 
many and only Symptoms of the genius ner- 
| voſum, which commonly accompany the worſt 

| ſort of Small-Pox, and eſpecially. from thoſe 
1 | Convulfions, and Epileptick Fits, that hap- 
FT pen to Infants that very Moment. they are 
infected, even before there's any Fever ap- 
F | pears upon them; that I thought next to 
the Diſcovery of the Palace Bark, this was 

s the greateſt Bleſſing that God had beſtow d 
Eo: on Mortals in this our degenerate, though 
F very ingenious and inquiſitive Age : Though 
i |. tis not to be queſtion'd there are thoſe for 
11 ſelf Ends that will oppoſe this Practice witl 
1 all their Might, as well as others that have 
been diſpleaſed at the Certainty and Sudden 
—_ neſs of the Cure of Agues by. the Jeſuits 
C Bark. Bur by this we may try, as by 
| Touchſtone, our Diſpoſitions, and from thence 
Judge whether we are good or ill. Men, ac 
cording to the Degree of our Joy or Grief 
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Way of receiving the Small- Pox can never 
be fatal, when communicated to well - diſpos d 
or qualify d Subjects is, becauſe 'tis plain and 
obvious the Spirits this Way cannot be in- 
fected but in the leaſt Degree or Proportion, 
and at a great Diſtance from the Fountain- 
head, the Brain ; conſequently the major Part 
will remain ſtrong and vigorous to make their 
Efforts pat the Poiſon, and are able ro 
expand themſelves ſo as to actuate the Blood 
ro ſeparate the venomous Particles from it 
fot the Ferment of this Contagion is not ſpi- 
ritual and ſubtil as the Air, but humoral; and 
hence the Symptoms attending it are all light 
and caſy, nothing like to the Inſults and 
Convulſions that attend it, when the whole 
Syſtem of the Nerves or Spirits are tainted 
by the common Way of Infection; for in In- 
cifion, the Blood only fefments ſo much and 
no more, as may cauſe” a Separation of, the 
pure from the impure, and as is enough to e- 
liminate the Poifon by . Defpumation ; and 
the many Teftjmonjes of its good Succeſs 
from Turkey, from Boſton in & ew Enpland, 
and lately from many Parts at Home, is e- 


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From what hath been before ſaid, it will 
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the Flux Pox, and how difficult ir is for a- 
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being wholly eliminated by the kingly Way, 
the Skin, and theſe not being. capable of 
helping it off by Spitting, the Method that 
Nature takes as a Succedaneum to the other, 
the Spirits are ſo infected, and ſuch a Fever 
produc'd, according to the Nature of which 
they die preſently, or ſometimes live to the 
ninth, tenth or eleventh Day; and not be- 
ing capable of taking Things to promote ar- 
tificjal Evacuatipns, a novel Notion, perhaps 
to moſt Practitioners, they then commonly 
die. And if this be too true to be deny d, 
that Death is unavoidable almoſt to Infants 
by che common Way of lafeckien; I chink, 
with Submiſſion, to better Judgments, no 
greater nor better Argument can be made uſe 
of, to perſwade People to have their Chil- 
dren and Relations inoculated, whereby they 
may have them all preſerv'd : For I am bold 
to ſay, not one can fail this Way, unleſs 
they are before under ſome imperceptible 
Diſeaſe, or have been infected with the 
worſt ſort, which in Time would have 
kill chem; and if fo, is it got better o 
try this doubtful Remedy (T call it ſo on- 
ly in ſuch Circumſtances). rather than 
none, or rather than let them pine away, 
notwithſtanding all other Means that can 
be uſed. And ſuppoſing it to be the Lot of 
a Parent to, loſe his Child, Gg. why ſhould 
not ſuch ſatisfy themſelves in this, as hav- 
ing made uſe of the beſt Method that Di- 
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jo be oke ve, hath beſtowed, on diere 


or their Preſervation; and when, on the 


contrary, the. Neglect of it, after once made 


known, cannot but be an aggravated Crime? 


And if I may be here admitted to allude to 
ſacred Things, who is there that will ven- 
ture their Souls under the Moſaical Diſpen- 
ſation, full of troubleſome Rites and .Cexe- 
monies, when the Goſpel teaches us an eafigr: 
and better Way of Salvation, by the. Sutfer- 
ings of God-man, or Faith in a crucify d je- 
ſus; ſo who are there ſhould ſatisfy them- 
ſelyes to wait till God brings the Infection 
the common Way, now he hath by his 
beneficent Goodneſs given the Knowledge-of 
a more compendious, eaſy and almoſt infal- 
lible Preſervative? For my part, I profeſſedly 
think, to neglect it is to deſpiſe the Kindneſs, 
and be guilty of a Sin againſt the merciful 
Bounty of Heaven, and to lay a Foundation 
for unconſolable Reflection, on the Loſs of 
any Relation by the common Way of Infee- 
tion-afterwants.. . m ac. 

I ſhall conclude all with a Paragraph out 
of an- ingenious Writer on this Subject, 


ſuppoſing the Town infected Where hie is, 
he puts the Caſe thus; If I have not had the 
Small- Pox it js to be ſuppoſed there is in 
c 7 What T ll call the Fuel of th 
my Body what III call the Fuel of that 
Diſtemper, and there only wants the light- 
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© now it appears upon daily Experience, 


that by making an Inciſion and letting 
the Spark in that Way, the Fuel will 


burn tou leſs Fierceneſs and conſequent- 
„ Danger, why mayn't T take it in that 


Way: Why muſt I needs ſtay till it 
© comes in at my Mouth or Noſtrils, or 
© throug 0 ſome of the porous Parts of my 
Body: For my Part, I think the Law 
of "ae preſervation, which is God's Law, 
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