A Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II
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Title
A Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II
Subject
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Vaccination
Pamphlets
Description
In this companion pamphlet to his original publication just two years earlier, Waterhouse recounts the popularity of smallpox inoculation following his experiments, as well as the consequent appearance of spurious cowpox matter which caused a smallpox outbreak in Marblehead.
In the footnote on page 16, Waterhouse describes the procedure he has developed for vaccination.
Abstract
Excerpt from Benjamin Waterhouse's pamphlet A Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II, describing the procedure for vaccination
Creator
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Created
1802
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (RC183 .A2 W294 c.3)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (2 pages)
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002475
Provenance
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Norton Ganz to the Harvard Medical Library, 1990
Files
Collection
Citation
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, “A Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II,” OnView, accessed April 23, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6628.