On the Difficulty of Preserving the Vaccine Virus on Thread or Glass
in Very Hot Weather
Dublin Core
Title
On the Difficulty of Preserving the Vaccine Virus on Thread or Glass
in Very Hot Weather
in Very Hot Weather
Subject
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Vaccination
Manuscripts (document genre)
Charts (graphic documents)
Description
Some of the problems associated with the early smallpox vaccination work are highlighted in this manuscript of Benjamin Waterhouse. Without an adequate way to preserve the active virus at high temperatures, Waterhouse often found its efficacy compromised. During June and July, 1801, he charted the temperature and humidity in Cambridge to measure its effect on his vaccine matter and then devised these procedures to keep the matter cool and allow samples to be sent to his colleagues.
Abstract
Manuscript temperature and humidity chart by Benjamin Waterhouse
Creator
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Date Created
1801 July, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (B MS b10.2)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (1 page)
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002461
Provenance
Gift of the Boston Athenaeum to the Boston Medical Library, 1968
Files
Collection
Citation
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, “On the Difficulty of Preserving the Vaccine Virus on Thread or Glass
in Very Hot Weather,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6623.
in Very Hot Weather,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6623.