1799 : John Pluckrose Inoculated with Cow Pox Vaccine

Title: Reports of a Series of Inoculations for the Variolœ Vaccinœ, or Cow-Pox; with Remarks and Observations on this Disease, considered as a Substitute for the Small-Pox. By William Woodville, M D., Physician to the Small Pox and Inoculation Hospitals, 1799, London
Date: 1799
Place: London

13 March 1799

In order that the progressive descent of the Cow Pox infection from patient to patient, as well as the magnitude of the disease which was excited by the inoculation, may be comprehended at one view, I have subjoined the following tabular statement.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST CASE.

Henry Lee complained for two or three days, and had only one pustule. March 13th. - The following persons were inoculated with the matter of Cow Pox, taken from the arm of Sarah Hat, viz.: Ann Spooner, twenty-one years old; Matthew Wall, fourteen years old; John Wall, ten years old; William Ockenson, twelve years old; Joseph Ockendon, ten years old; William Jennings, seven years old; George Jennings, six years old; John Pluckrose, seven years old; Charlotte Webb, fourteen weeks old; Charles Dibden, three months old; Elizabeth Eaton, two years old; Charlotte Eaton, ten months old; and Joseph Pigg, eleven years old.

See also the previous record and another dated 1825.

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