A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton
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Title
A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton
Subject
Milton (Mass.)
Vaccination
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Description
The Selectmen of Milton, Massachusetts, assembled, published, and distributed this assortment of documents to prove the efficacy of vaccination against smallpox and encourage towns throughout the state to establish vaccination programs. Through the work of physicians Amos Holbrook and John Mark Gourgas, over 300 of Milton’s citizens—more than one-quarter of the population—were vaccinated, and matter was supplied to the neighboring towns of Dorchester, Canton, Stoughton, and Sharon.
Benjamin Waterhouse contributed this statement on his work to the publication.
Abstract
Excerpt by Benjamin Waterhouse from "A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton … to Promote a General Inoculation of the Cow Pox, or Kine Pock as a Never Failing Preventive Against Small Pox Infection"
Creator
Milton (Mass.)
Publisher
J. Belcher
Date Created
1809
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (RC183 .A2W298 v.4)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (1 page)
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002474
Provenance
Gift of Louisa Lee Waterhouse to the Harvard College Library, 1858,
and transferred to the Harvard Medical Library
and transferred to the Harvard Medical Library
Files
Collection
Citation
Milton (Mass.), “A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton,” OnView, accessed May 10, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6630.