1765, May 5th.] A man aged twenty-four was inoculated; after which he
went to visit a relation, till it should be thought proper for him to
come to the house, which I directed him to do on the 11th, if he should
continue well till that time.
He took with him two calomel pills, one of five and the other of ten
grains. He was ordered to take the least on the 8th, the other on the
following night, and an ounce of purging salts the next morning.
I did not see him till the 11th, when he came to the house: he was then
perfectly well, but said he had been a little giddy for the last day or
two, and that his head had ached very much the preceding day for about
an hour, insomuch that he thought he must have come over; that his arm
had itched very much, and the purge had worked very briskly.
Upon examining the arms, both incisions appeared to be considerably
inflamed, and looked just as is usual on the approach of the eruptive
fever, which I had not the least doubt would soon happen.
On the 12th he complained of some pain in the right shoulder, and
under the arm, which he said was stiff, and felt as if it was swelled.
However, he continued perfectly well and free from all complaints
to the 15th; the arms appearing as is usual when the distemper is
attended with very few pustules; that is to say, not quite free from
inflammation, but with a slight one.
The case being not so clear as could be wished, in order to be
thoroughly satisfied, I inoculated him again, taking particular care to
infect the part well.
On the 16th in the morning he took a dose of Inf. Sen. and Manna.
He continued quite well, and no itching or signs of infection appeared
from the last inoculation.