A man aged 44, on the sixth day after inoculation, began to complain of
pains in his head and back, and of being frequently very cold. These
lasted with great severity, insomuch that he took the alterative pill,
a purging draught, and kept much in the air till the 9th, when about
ten pustules appeared, and his complaints ceased. These seemed likely
to dry away without maturating, which is not unfrequently the case
where there are very few.
On the 12th he took a purge; his arm remained considerably inflamed;
but as he was very desirous of going to a relation’s house, where he
proposed to be aired, I consented to it.
On the 16th I was told he had been much indisposed since his removal,
and that he wished to see me.
On the 17th I visited him, and found a considerable number of pustules,
to the amount of about 40, in the face, of true small-pox. The account
he gave me was, that he found himself very ill on the evening after his
removal, and that he perceived the pustules the next morning. This was
on the 14th day from the inoculation, and the forwardness they were in
agreed well with his account. His arm continued much inflamed, with
many pustules near the incision.