A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances. [Five lines of verse from Otway]
Greenwood, Isaac,1702-1745.
Mather, Cotton,1663-1728.
Walter, Thomas,1696-1725.
Boston: in N.E. : Printed [by Bartholomew Green?],
in the year, MDCCXXII [1722]
Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language, p. 22-24.
Attributed to Greenwood, with the collaboration of Cotton Mather, by Holmes. Evans notes that Trumbull considered Mather's nephew Thomas Walter the possible author.
Dedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.
Printer's name suggested by Holmes.
Satirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. Cf. Holmes.
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints,
ESTC
Evans,
Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather,