Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 190
... inoculation was first intro- duced into Boston , the Mathers had been in favor of it ; so the Franklins opposed it . But by 1736 , when Frank- lin's son Francis died of smallpox “ taken in the common way , ” he had changed his views ...
... inoculation was first intro- duced into Boston , the Mathers had been in favor of it ; so the Franklins opposed it . But by 1736 , when Frank- lin's son Francis died of smallpox “ taken in the common way , ” he had changed his views ...
Page 193
... Inoculation for the Small - pox in England and America . Together with plain instructions , by which any person may be en- abled to perform the Operation , and conduct the pa- tient through the distemper . London : Printed by W. Strahan ...
... Inoculation for the Small - pox in England and America . Together with plain instructions , by which any person may be en- abled to perform the Operation , and conduct the pa- tient through the distemper . London : Printed by W. Strahan ...
Page 195
... inoculation and spreading of the distemper in the common way must occasion , and probably could not so particularly attend to the circumstances of the patients offered for inoculation . Inoculation was first practiced in Boston by Dr ...
... inoculation and spreading of the distemper in the common way must occasion , and probably could not so particularly attend to the circumstances of the patients offered for inoculation . Inoculation was first practiced in Boston by Dr ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
Copyright | |
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