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KILPATRICK, James (Kirkpatrick) (1696 – 1770)

1696 – 1770

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1743 CE

#5416

An essay on inoculation, occasioned by the small-pox being brought into South Carolina in the year 1738.

After its initial popularity, inoculation fell into disuse in England. Kirkpatrick, who became a prominent inoculator in England after experience in America, helped considerably in reviving its popularity. He attempte…