Letter from Moses Younglove to Sylvanus Fansher

Letter from Moses Younglove to Sylvanus Fansher

Younglove, Moses, 1752-1829

Fansher, Sylvanus, 1770-1846

Correspondence

Smallpox vaccine

In response to an inquiry from Sylvanus Fansher (1770-1846), New York physician Moses Younglove sent this letter describing his experiences with smallpox and cowpox inoculation. Younglove claims to have inoculated over 1,400 individuals with only six fatalities before the advent of vaccination. The letter is written on the verso of an 1825 broadside describing Younglove's treatment for smallpox patients.

Autograph letter signed from Moses Younglove, Hudson, N.Y., to Sylvanus Fansher, Southbury, Conn.

Younglove, Moses, 1752-1829

1827 March 4

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Hastings family, medical notebooks and papers, 1772-1845. H MS c292. Box 3, folder MM1.

text

1 manuscript letter (2 pages) and 1 typed transcript (1 page)

English

DigID0002828-0002830

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