Find A ProjectSign Up To TranscribeSign In
EN
DeutschEnglishEspañolFrançaisPortuguês

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

ReadAboutContentsHelp

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.

Pages

(seq. 36)
Complete

(seq. 36)

{September} 3 Mrs Dougherty & Miss Clancey, have a very favourable Eruption, but few pustules -

Dougherty's Child, has likewise a very favourable Eruption & few pustules, but is extremely ill with a Dysentery which attacked her 3 Days Since - she was very ill with the same disorder a month since -

{September} 9, Mrs Dougherty & Miss Clancey, Pustules sabbing & falling off - Dougherty's Child Pock incrusted - Dysentery continues, very weak & low

1779. {January} 11. I inoculated Mr Holmes Daughter aged 3 Months, thread moistened with scabs powdered, which have been 3 years kept in glass, topped Vial, & now powdered & moistened with Drop of water for use. -

Last edit almost 3 years ago by blackletterkate
(seq. 37)
Complete

(seq. 37)

{August} & {September} Inoculated 127. Rebell Prisoners of all Ages & Constitutions, many of them laboring under other disorders - all of them r ecovered of the Small Pox. -

{October} 8. I inoculated Mrs Walls Son, aged 6 months & {Captain} Sprigs Son, Massey Arbuthnout Horatio, aged 3 Months. -

{October} 10 {Captain} Sprigs Son & Mrs Wall's Son, each of them, Incissions inflamed & the Infection appears to have taken effect. -

{October} 16, Mrs Walls Son, Eruption, Symptoms light -

{October} 22, Mrs Walls Son, Pock turning - {Captain} Sprigs Child, no Eruption, inoculated a: again fresh pus just taken from Walls Child

Last edit almost 3 years ago by blackletterkate
(seq. 38)
Complete

(seq. 38)

June 18 Mr Hastings Pock turning - very well

Mr Rings Child Pock maturating - has several hundred pustules - but very well - 24th - Well -

June 25, I inoculated Mr Brenton's Child, 7 months has a scabby Eruption around body & Side - one bit Thread - Jalap. &c - Alc. & Rh. - bis Die

July 17, Mr Brenton's Child Recovered, & has passed thro the Small Pox, very lightly & well

July 15, I inoculated {Captain} Sprig's Daughter, aged 15, months, - she has a scorbut: Humour –

July 17, {Captain} Sprig's Child, {Incission} inflamed & runs

{August} 1, {Captain} Sprig's Child, Well of the Small Pox & has passed thro it very well & had it lightly -

Last edit almost 3 years ago by blackletterkate
(seq. 39)
Complete

(seq. 39)

August 30, Inoculated Mr Jonathan Simpsons child, aged 2 months. .

Mr Deblois, Leonard's, Whitlamb's & Simpson's children, each of them had the small Pox very light & favourably, without any subsequent Accidents or Complaints whatever.

Last edit almost 3 years ago by blackletterkate
(seq. 40)
Blank Page

(seq. 40)

This page is blank

Last edit almost 4 years ago by heidimarie
Displaying pages 36 - 40 of 44 in total