Letter from Benjamin Waterhouse to Edward Jenner
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Title
Letter from Benjamin Waterhouse to Edward Jenner
Subject
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846 (author)
Vaccination
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
Correspondence
Description
In this letter, Waterhouse describes for Jenner the difficulties he has encountered with inoculations of spurious matter and asks for some additional vaccine, specifying that the matter be sent on soaked threads pressed between glass and sealed with wax.
Abstract
Autographed letter signed from Benjamin Waterhouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Edward Jenner in London, England
Creator
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Date Created
1801 November 05
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Papers of Benjamin Waterhouse, 1786-1836 (inclusive). H MS c16.1
Format
text
Extent
1 manuscript letter
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002466
Provenance
Gift of Mary Ware Sampson and Margaret Thayer Lancaster to the Harvard Medical Library, 1941
Files
Citation
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, “Letter from Benjamin Waterhouse to Edward Jenner,” OnView, accessed April 25, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6624.