A friendly debate, or, A dialogue, between Academicus, and Sawny & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances
Series: Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1722
Place of publication: Boston, in N. E
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Smallpox; Prevention & control; Vaccination; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Friendly debate; Dialogue, between Academicus and Sawny & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances; Dialogue, between Academicus, and Sawny & Mundungus
Description: Satirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. (See Holmes).
Notes: "By Isaac Greenwood with the collaboration of Cotton Mather" (T.J. Holmes. Cotton Mather, a bibliography (Cambridge [Mass.], 1940), p. 398); J. C. Trumbull suggested Thomas Walter, Cotton Mather's nephew, as author (See George Brinley. Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. (Hartford, 1787-1893), no. 1647).

Probably printed by Bartholomew Green. (See Holmes, p. 398, 400).

Dedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.

A rejoinder by "Rusticus" was published in Boston in the same year under title: A friendly debate, or, A dialogue between Rusticus and Academicus.

Signatures: A-C⁴ [D]².

"Advertisement" against a book "lately published" by Dr. W. D. (i. e., William Douglass. Inoculation of the small pox as practised in Boston (Boston, 1722)): p. [2] (1st group).

Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language: p. 22-24.

No restrictions on access copy.

Evans, 2339

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 840

Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 137

Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 185

ESTC (RLIN) W5512

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