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Fansher, Sylvanus, 1770-1846

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Waterhouse papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c16
Overview: The Benjamin Waterhouse papers, 1738-1955 (inclusive), 1778-1837 (bulk), contain correspondence to Waterhouse from Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Edward Jenner, Sylvanus Fansher, Peter Oliver, and others, frequently about smallpox vaccination; copies of Waterhouse's outgoing correspondence; manuscripts containing notes for lectures he delivered at Harvard Medical School and other places; his writings on medicine and botany; and some correspondence and manuscripts...

Sylvanus Fansher papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c472
Overview:

The Sylvanus Fansher papers, 1805-1846 (inclusive), consist of correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, and patient records related to Sylvanus Fansher's (1770-1846) work on smallpox vaccination, as well as personal correspondence with his family.

Waterhouse family papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c17
Overview:

Waterhouse family papers, 1780-1894 (inclusive), 1811-1818 (bulk) principally consist of the correspondence of Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) and John Fothergill Waterhouse (1791-1817) with family members. Also included are medical, subject, and lecture notes; writings; a journal; and a biography of Benjamin Waterhouse.

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Andover (Mass.). 2
Boston (Mass.) 2
Cambridge (Mass.) 2
Certificates. 2
Correspondence. 2
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Families -- New England -- History -- 19th century. 2
Family life. 2
History of Medicine. 2
Medicine -- History -- 19th century. 2
Parent and child -- United States -- 19th century. 2
Philadelphia (Penn.). 2
Professors. 2
Smallpox -- New England. 2
Smallpox -- Vaccination -- History -- 19th century. 2
Smallpox Vaccine -- history. 2
Agriculture -- United States. 1
Anatomy -- education. 1
Biographies. 1
Bloodletting -- history. 1
Botany -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Botany -- education. 1
Bridgeport (Conn.). 1
Charleston (S.C.). 1
Diaries 1
Diplomas. 1
Diseases -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Diseases -- etiology. 1
Dissertations. 1
Education, Medical -- history -- Massachusetts. 1
Electricity -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Emetics -- history. 1
Entomology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Essays. 1
Geology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
History, 18th century. 1
History, 19th century. 1
Hospitals, Military -- history. 1
Human anatomy -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Lectures. 1
Letters. 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
Manuscripts. 1
Materia medica. 1
Medical care -- New York -- History -- 19th century. 1
Medicine -- 18th century. 1
Medicine -- History -- 18th century. 1
Medicine -- New York -- History -- 19th century. 1
Medicine -- Philosophy -- History. 1
Medicine -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Medicine, Botanic. 1
Medicine, Greek and Roman -- History. 1
Mineralogy -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
Minerals -- Collectors and collecting. 1
Natural History -- education. 1
Natural history -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- 19th century. 1
New England -- Social life and customs. 1
Pathology -- education. 1
Petitions. 1
Philosophy, Medical -- history. 1
Plants -- Classification. 1
Schools, Medical. 1
Smallpox -- Prevention. 1
Smallpox -- Vaccination -- History -- 18th century. 1
Smallpox -- Vaccination -- History. 1
Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis. 1
United States -- History -- War of 1812. 1
Vaccination. 1
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