JURIN, James (1684 – 1750)

1684 – 1750

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1723 CE

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A letter … containing, a comparison between the mortality of the natural small pox, and that given by inoculation.

JURIN, James (1684 – 1750)

Jurin was an enthusiastic supporter of inoculation against smallpox, and proved statistically that the fatality of inoculated smallpox is very much less than the fatality of natural smallpox. This is one of the earlie…

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