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THOMSON, Adam ( – 1767)

– 1767

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1750 CE

#5418

A discourse on the preparation of the body for the small-pox; and the manner of receiving the infection.

Thomson, a physician in Philadelphia, was the originator of the American method of inoculation against smallpox. Printed by Benjamin Franklin. Digital facsimile from dla.library.upenn.edu at this link.