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Account of the success of inoculation with smallpox in New England by John Osborne

Reference number: EL/O2/180

Date: 30 January 1723

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Details of the numbers who were inoculated by Dr [Zabdiel Boylston], with those who died, not from the inoculation but 'other casues'
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1723

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EL/O2/180
Earliest possible date
30 January 1723
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Osborne

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John Osborne, Account of the success of inoculation with smallpox in New England by John Osborne, 30 January 1723, EL/O2/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_180/account-of-the-success-of-inoculation-with-smallpox-in-new-england-by-john-osborne, accessed on 18 April 2025

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