Box 01
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846, A.L.s. to John Mellen, 1 side (3 pages); Cambridge, circa 1809, 1809 Digital
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Benjamin Waterhouse papers
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Series:
Series I. Benjamin Waterhouse, 1778-1942.
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Sub-Series:
A. Correspondence, 1782-1837.
File — Box: 01, Folder: 33Identifier: H MS c16
Scope and Contents:
In correspondence addressed to Mellen, A.B., Harvard College, and the Selectmen of the Town of Cambridge, Waterhouse proposes that Cambridge initiate a general cowpox vaccination program for all its citizens. He also advocates vaccinating the poor without charge.