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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Portsmouth on August 11, young gentlemen previously inoculated with Kine-Pox at Hospital Island showed no Small-Pox symptoms after 9 days, despite repeated exposure to the virus and close contact with a severe case, indicating the vaccine's preventive efficacy.
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We are happy to state from authority, that those young gentlemen, who have been inoculated at hospital island, for the Small-Pox, after having had the Kine-Pox, have not as yet, (the 9th day) any symptoms or appearances of the Small-Pox, although they have been repeatedly inoculated with fresh Small-Pox matter, and have lodged in the room with a man who has the Small-Pox the natural way, very severely. In our next, we hope a full and satisfactory account of the preventive powers of the Kine-Pox.
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Primary Location
Portsmouth
Event Date
August 11
Outcome
no symptoms of small-pox after 9 days despite repeated inoculation with fresh small-pox matter and lodging with a man severely ill with natural small-pox.
Event Details
Young gentlemen inoculated with Kine-Pox at Hospital Island were tested by repeated inoculation with fresh Small-Pox matter and exposure to a severe natural case, showing no symptoms by the 9th day.