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been vaccinated and who had the disease so
mildly that it was mistaken for chicken pox.
The father unfortunately took it from them and
died of it.
At Bird-in-Bush Road, a man, wife and five
children were living. All five children took small
pox. Three of these were unvaccinated; they had
it very severely and two of them died. The other
two had been vaccinated; and though they had
small pox it was in a very mild form, and left
no marks.
The above cases illustrate different points in
respect to small pox; they imply how commonly
we meet with unvaccinated persons; that unvaccinated
persons are not only much more liable to
to the disease than those who are vaccinated,
but are liable to take it in a specially severe form;
that unsuccessful vaccination however often repeated
is no protection against small pox; that mild
cases of small pox are occasionally mistaken for
other less serious diseases, to the danger of the
public; that previous attacks of small pox are
not more protective against small pox than
vaccination; and that re-vaccination when suffi