The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-06-11
FROM THE BoSrOh PALLADIUM.

<hCI3 4 AZ a DOo<O!N 0L-s1OLCLH.
MEssRs. EDITohs, fh"a
The following was sent 10 me few days'
since. deem il Of SUFFICIENT i'm por lance
for publication. II tends 10 prove what I
have more than once published --ihst ii
you poeefnofe q fafient in a number Of tis-.
ees on his body and hm6s, (hoE TO twenty:
fpunc,utes) re KinePotk Gill evertakeIAe
Small Per and sl6due a.; or az Sras ds.e.s
hor0fe IL.
-, Cambridge, Ncy Ia, lsl7.,
deem, II my duty, si,e' many years expe-
iiance in the practice ol VaceinauoD, TO Ihss
lisb some ye'y recent srd useful sxreri-
mems which made at FoimCuih, iMuss.)
in be month OF February, 1916. The Small
Pox had been in that place nesr three weeks,
ondIscoyertd,'till many persons iu dlfleitnr
parts Of The town began TO feefi,s urpIess-
anl consequence. Al this n0onenI, ] was
called TO assist in rescuins my fellow Inoi,ois
fiom lis dreadful secufge; fortunately lor
the distressed inhsbilan,s, had on hand Ut
Cha, iine supply Of Virus, with which hear
dnSfhopsdn6 were Vaccinated in the space Of
-four days; many Of whom had been. exposed
10 the Small Pox from five TO seven days, aud
ir'waS thought neither Veccine' nor Vaiious
fnpocuatioa would be Of any service to ,he ~.
Hut being conkder, of success, ! ASSURED
the rhs,I coOid then cut IL eff; which I
didib every easey by Naccine,ing them da
the body and limbs, on the arms, .bi cast,
hands, and legs; In all, eight ard. Nn pune.
tosesS all of which generally took Eject.
The symptoms of the Kline Peck were feit
Ii number Of cases as soon as the fourth or
fifth days after incubation.
sfoThe following ore the persons on whorn
the above experiments were made viz :s*9s
William EIfis, -Amanda Hatch, Abigail
Crowcll, Na,ban Fish, Abraham Fish, Lucy
Fish, Jason Fish, S>lly Fish, Lucy Fish, Will
liam Gree ne, Phebe Greene, Pal phena Grew,
Hannsh jenkins, Jane r.. Jenkins, Diana
.Pugnct,, I.sao Baker, Davis Baker, Matha
Lenders, Chloe Lsnders, Sapuel LsDdeis,
Benjamin Cro-seil, Sayoty. Bomsn.
between hfy end sixty Of my patient.
have since visited the hospital, where many
persons were labouring under the raiufsi
Small Pox. or the number Mrs. Abigail
Fish nursed her daughter four weeks, While
she lahoured Upder the Small Pcx in The
natural wsy seven OF the fsmiy where wRe
her zone week. .-'s.ft
Mr. Isaac Barker went into the hospital,
and continued there III, &C days.
"' Miss Tbebc Young went into ,fe hosPtsi,
where about forty had the small Pox; wash
ed infected clothes to days, and continued
here four days.
= Mr.. Relief Chadwick pursed nine days
antf washed several times infected clothes.
:: Mr.. Davis Baker lived four weeks in the
( ssmc house, aic-at the same table, and SLEPT
in tho same beds with those that had the
Small Pox.
';i;Aii of which number have entirely esssp
cd the Small Pox. -'-- ,
= Sissed, ARTHEMAS STEBBINS.
Attest, Eieszer Fai!sr, Noah Fuiler, Pess
Ro5insoa, Joshua Jenkins, Excited RsSinses.
Fa!moata, January 10, 1917.
Then DR.. nLisnA P.'FxRaIse insculate
with the Small Pox seventy.three persons.
the place called Daris's Neek, tbuiy-,wo
whom bad been iDoeu ulaied with the h'r
Pock from Ave TO thirteen years before, 40
they exposed themselves by living In %
same house and sleeping in the ssme beS
with them that hesd the Small Pox, 'hrope
the whole disease without the least siGbs
infection. Signed.
Bs-naSss Eater. Iob Baker, WiHi5m Ss''
Joe Davis, Lar;s Bcker, Ednund Betsr.
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