Jeffries, John, 1745-1819. Small Pocks, 1775-1779 (inclusive). B MS b1.2, Countway Library of Medicine.

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Ledger containing accounts of smallpox inoculation by Dr. John Jeffries (1745-1819) at Rainsford Island Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, from June to July 1775; at a West Boston smallpox hospital in July 1775; and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, between 1776 and 1779. The accounts include dates, names, ages and physical condition of patients, and details regarding the method of delivery. Among the patients he inoculated was his son, John, at Rainsford Island Hospital on 14 June 1775.

Biographical Notes

John Jeffries (1745-1819), A.B., 1763, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.D., University of Aberdeen, Scotland, was a Boston physician and scientist. He was an assistant surgeon on a British naval vessel when the Revolutionary War commenced in 1775. A Loyalist, Jeffries evacuated Boston with British forces in 1776, and worked as a surgeon in a British military hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, until 1779, when he moved to London. In 1785, Jeffries became the first man (with Jean-Pierre Blanchard) to fly a balloon across the English Channel between England and France. He returned to Boston in 1790, and practiced medicine there until his death.

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Rainsford Island Hospital - June 6, 1775

Sally Hawes, aged 2 years, Spasms & feverish, few pimples appear about face, - Warm {Pediluvium} bis vel ter die - Enema, - Pul. Ciner. bis Die -

Mercy Hawes, aged 4 weeks, no Symptoms at present Pul. Ciner. bis Die - as preparatory -

Rebecca Dunn, aged 10 years, 6th day of the eruption Pock flat & pitted on tops, face corroded & confluxed, limbs not so much loaded especially the Lower limbs, continue, - Enema - Pul. Rubr: Jalap. - bis Die keep up . dilute & keep Room aired, wash Eyes & gargle throat. -

Rachel Bradford aged 2 years, 5th Day of eruption, Pocks distinct & not loaded, symptoms slight Bowells re gular - Dilute. &c

Penelope Hunter, aged 5 years, Pock scabbing off, has been very much loaded - Infus Cath. ex Since & Salts

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