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An Historical Account Of The Small-Pox Inoculated In New England

An Historical Account Of The Small-Pox Inoculated In New England

Boylston, Zabdiel

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Health GeneralMedical ReferenceAnthropology

ISBN10: 9354444121
ISBN13: 9789354444128
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the dawn of colonial American medicine, one physician dared to count the cost of courage. Lives hung in the balance. In this historical medical treatise, Boston doctor Zabdiel Boylston offers a classic medical monograph on the earliest trials of smallpox inoculation in New England. Written in the aftermath of the devastating 1720s outbreaks in 18th century Boston, it stands as an early epidemiology study, tracing smallpox inoculation history through direct observation, tabulated outcomes, and sober reflection. Both clear-eyed and humane, Boylston's narrative anchors the emerging history of vaccination in the daily realities of patients, families, and clergy in colonial New England history. As a primary source for historians and a foundational medical history reference, An Historical Account of the Small-Pox Inoculated in New England illuminates early American epidemic studies and the birth of public health thinking. Boylston documents the tensions between tradition and experiment, faith and reason, individual risk and communal safety, making this public health history book unexpectedly resonant for readers attuned to modern debates over medical innovation. Scholars of early epidemiology and colonial American medicine will value its precise case data and candid commentary, while general readers find an accessible window into the fear, controversy, and fragile hope that accompanied one of medicine's most daring advances. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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