The Medical Examiner, and Record of Medical Science, Volume 3Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847 |
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... disease . The estimate most generally received , and founded on a large experience was , that one in four hundred of the inoculated fell victims to the process ; some practitioners were stated to have been more fortunate , and to have ...
... disease . The estimate most generally received , and founded on a large experience was , that one in four hundred of the inoculated fell victims to the process ; some practitioners were stated to have been more fortunate , and to have ...
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... disease . " In this stage of the inquiry , it appears not irrelevant to notice the diminished mortality from small - pox , as observed in this city , since the introduction of vaccination . Whenever that disease has ap- peared , it has ...
... disease . " In this stage of the inquiry , it appears not irrelevant to notice the diminished mortality from small - pox , as observed in this city , since the introduction of vaccination . Whenever that disease has ap- peared , it has ...
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Of those who survived the loathsome disease , many , from the hideous aspect and mutilations caused by the disease , continued through life the objects of commiseration , and too often of disgust . Laws have been enacted , and rigid ...
Of those who survived the loathsome disease , many , from the hideous aspect and mutilations caused by the disease , continued through life the objects of commiseration , and too often of disgust . Laws have been enacted , and rigid ...
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... disease , it being as forty in the thousand ; during a period when vaccination had been practised and institutions established for its dissemination . Since 1811 , variolous inoculation has been prohibited by law . During the four ...
... disease , it being as forty in the thousand ; during a period when vaccination had been practised and institutions established for its dissemination . Since 1811 , variolous inoculation has been prohibited by law . During the four ...
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... disease . Taking the whole period since variolous inoculation was prohibited , the mortality from all sources has amounted to one hundred and forty - three thousand and seventeen , of this number , two thousand four hundred and ninety ...
... disease . Taking the whole period since variolous inoculation was prohibited , the mortality from all sources has amounted to one hundred and forty - three thousand and seventeen , of this number , two thousand four hundred and ninety ...
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