An attempt to investigate some obscure and undecided doctrines in relation to small-pox, varioloid and vaccination
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Title
An attempt to investigate some obscure and undecided doctrines in relation to small-pox, varioloid and vaccination
Subject
Bell, Luther Vose, 1806-1862
Inscriptions
Bookplates
Description
The endpapers of this short work on smallpox vaccination contain a bookplate of Dr. Addison Marshall Clark (1857-1919), an Ohio surgeon, along with an 1894 inscription from Dr. Howard A. Kelly (1853-1943), presenting it to William Osler as “a small addition to your Americana.” It was then given by Osler to Joseph Hersey Pratt in 1905 who intended to give it to the Osler Library at McGill University in 1930 but then also presented it to Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft of Boston, in 1943, before its donation to the Boston Medical Library.
Abstract
Inside cover and flyleaf of Luther Vose Bell's 1836 An attempt to investigate some obscure and undecided doctrines in relation to small-pox, varioloid and vaccination, showing bookplates and inscriptions
Creator
Bell, Luther Vose, 1806-1862
Publisher
Marsh, Capen and Lyon
Date Created
1836
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Sir William Osler Collection of the Boston Medical Library (RC183.A2B41 c.2)
Format
text
Extent
Inside cover and flyleaf
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002841
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Hersey Pratt, M.D., to the Boston Medical Library, 1955
Files
Collection
Citation
Bell, Luther Vose, 1806-1862, “An attempt to investigate some obscure and undecided doctrines in relation to small-pox, varioloid and vaccination,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13078.