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A prospect of exterminating the small-pox, being the history of the variolae vaccinae, or kine-pox, commonly called the cow-pox; as it has appeared in England: With an account of a series of inoculations performed for the kine-pox in Massachusetts. [Part II:] A prospect of exterminating the small pox part II, being a continuation of a narrative of facts concerning the progress of the new inoculation in America; together with practical observations on the local appearance, symptoms, and mode of treating the variola vaccina, or kine pock; including some letters to the author, from distinguished characters, on the subject of this benign remedy, now passing with a rapid step through all ranks of society in Europe and America.
Publication Details
Cambridge, MA: William Hilliard & University Press, 1800 CE–1802 CE.
Waterhouse introduced Jennerian vaccination into the U.S.A. He vaccinated his own child as his first case. See J. B. Blake, Benjamin Waterhouse and the introduction of vaccination. A reappraisal. Philadelphia, 1957. Digital facsimile of pt 1 from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link; of part 2 from wellcomecollection.org at this link.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #5424 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7359 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | a-prospect-of-exterminating-the-smallpox-2-pts |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Cambridge, MA
Mentioned in annotation: Philadelphia