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A prospect of exterminating the small-pox, being the history of the Variolae vaccinae, or kine-pox, commonly called the cow-pox..., 1800

Benjamin Waterhouse self-published this pamphlet that reports on his inquiry into smallpox beginning with his receipt in 1799 of Edward Jenner's "inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variole Vaccine, or Cow-Pox," through to a summary of Waterhouse's use of the vaccine, using cowpox, a milder form of the disease, on his own children.

Courtesy National Library of Medicine

Old, browning paper showing title page with black text.

  • Topic:

    Smallpox

  • Creator:

    Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846)