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Reference numberPP/22/15
Previous numbersPP/54/16
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Experiments on variola [smallpox] and vaccinia [cowpox]' by Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman
Date1893
DescriptionCopeman writes: 'In the course of some experiments on the bacteriology of vaccine lymph, I was confronted by a difficulty in the practical testing of certain of the results of my work. Continuous experimentation on children being obviously out of the question, I was naturally led to turn my attention to the discovery if possible, of some one or more of the lower animals which, by reason of their passing through the various stages of vaccination and more especially variolation in a manner comparable with that witnessed in the human subject, might serve me for control experiments. Little or no success having been obtained with the various domestic animals, I next turned to the monkey tribe on account of their similarity in many respects to man, although assured at the time that they were not susceptible to either vaccinia or variola. On putting the matter to the test, however, I found that this was not the case, the inoculation of vaccine and of variolous lymph having each of them given, in my hands, successful results in every instance in which I have tried it on the monkey (Rhaesus).'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Bacteriology / Pathology / Virology

Received 14 June 1893 / 11 July 1893. Read 15 June 1893. Communicated by Michael Foster.

A version of this paper was published in volume 54 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experiments on variola and vaccinia'.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0069
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA1248Copeman; Sydney Arthur Monckton (1862 - 1947)1862 - 1947
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