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Domestic News
March 3, 1801
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Doctor Lettsom of London writes to Doctor Barton of Philadelphia about the increasing adoption of cowpox vaccine inoculation in England and Europe, with 16,000 cases and no fatalities, and 3,000 successfully resistant to smallpox rechallenge.
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COW POX.
Extract of a letter from Doctor Lettsom of London to Doctor Barton of Philadelphia.
"Vaccine inoculation is becoming more and more general in England, and on the European continent, about 16,000 have had the disease. if disease it can be termed, without any case of fatality and about 3000 have been inoculated again with the common small pox, without conveying the disease, so that probably soon, no other, than the cow pox, will be adopted here. I imagine a fatal case will never occur, as there is rarely more than one pustule."
Extract of a letter from Doctor Lettsom of London to Doctor Barton of Philadelphia.
"Vaccine inoculation is becoming more and more general in England, and on the European continent, about 16,000 have had the disease. if disease it can be termed, without any case of fatality and about 3000 have been inoculated again with the common small pox, without conveying the disease, so that probably soon, no other, than the cow pox, will be adopted here. I imagine a fatal case will never occur, as there is rarely more than one pustule."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Cowpox
Vaccine Inoculation
Smallpox
No Fatalities
England Europe
What entities or persons were involved?
Doctor Lettsom
Doctor Barton
Where did it happen?
England
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
England
Key Persons
Doctor Lettsom
Doctor Barton
Outcome
16,000 inoculated with cowpox without fatality; 3,000 rechallenged with smallpox without conveying the disease
Event Details
Vaccine inoculation with cowpox is becoming general in England and Europe; no other method likely to be adopted soon; rarely more than one pustule