A comparative view of the natural small-pox, inoculated small-pox, and vaccination in their effects on individuals and society
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 4859; Early American imprints -- no. 3998
Publisher: Printed by Jane Aitken, no. 20, North Third Street.
Published: 1803
Place of publication: Philadelphia:--
Language: eng
Subjects: Vaccination; Smallpox; Cowpox; Smallpox vaccine; Poor; Physicians; Technical Report; Philadelphia Dispensary
Notes: Followed by "Parents and others are earnestly requested to attend seriously to the above comparison and to the following certificate and recommendation." The certificate, dated Philadelphia, April 12, 1803, is signed by fifty physicians, who "declare our opinion, that inoculation for the kine or cow-pock, is a certain preventive of the small-pox ... and we do therefore recommend it to general use." The accompanying recommendation by the Philadelphia Dispensary includes the resolution "that we do ... earnestly recommend to the poor of the city .. the newly discovered and happy mode of inoculation for the cow-pock; which will be daily performed by the physicians at the Dispensary. Published by order of the board of managers, William White, president. April 25, 1803."

Text printed within ornamental border.

Shaw & Shoemaker 3998

Shaw & Shoemaker 4859

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1512

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