A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton

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Title

A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton

Subject

Milton (Mass.)
Vaccination
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846

Description

The Selectmen of Milton, Massachusetts, assembled, published, and distributed this assortment of documents to prove the efficacy of vaccination against smallpox and encourage towns throughout the state to establish vaccination programs. Through the work of physicians Amos Holbrook and John Mark Gourgas, over 300 of Milton’s citizens—more than one-quarter of the population—were vaccinated, and matter was supplied to the neighboring towns of Dorchester, Canton, Stoughton, and Sharon.

Benjamin Waterhouse contributed this statement on his work to the publication.

Abstract

Excerpt by Benjamin Waterhouse from "A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton … to Promote a General Inoculation of the Cow Pox, or Kine Pock as a Never Failing Preventive Against Small Pox Infection"

Creator

Milton (Mass.)

Publisher

J. Belcher

Date Created

1809

Rights

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Access Rights

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Is Part Of

Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (RC183 .A2W298 v.4)

Format

text

Extent

excerpt (1 page)

Language

English

Type

text

Identifier

DigID0002474

Provenance

Gift of Louisa Lee Waterhouse to the Harvard College Library, 1858,
and transferred to the Harvard Medical Library

Files

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/file_upload/0002474_dref.jpg

Citation

Milton (Mass.), “A Collection of Papers Relative to the Transactions of the Town of Milton,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6630.