Inoculation of the small pox as practised in Boston, consider'd in a letter to A-- S-- M.D. & F.R.S. in London. [Three lines from Hudibras]

People / Organizations

• William Douglass (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed and sold by J. Franklin, at his printing-house in Queen-Street, over against Mr. Sheaf's school, 1722.

Publication year

1722-1722

ESTC No.

W4040

Grub Street ID

350855

Description

[4],20p. ; 8$

Note

The letter, dated Boston, Dec. 20, 1721, is unsigned. William Wagstaffe identified William Douglass as author and Alexander Stuart as recipient when he appended extracts from this and two subsequent letters by Douglass to his A letter to Dr. Freind, shewing the danger and uncertanty of inoculating the small pox (London, 1722).

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-C?. - PHOTOSTAT AMERICANA