Report of the Board of Health.

Author/creator Boston (Mass.).
Other author Doane, Isaiah, 1753-1805.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Boston] : Russell and Cutler, printers, [1802]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 39 x 31 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 1926. ^A575643
General noteAnnouncement of a successful experiment to prove "the efficacy of the cow-pox, as a preventive against the small-pox." The experiment was proposed to the Board of Health by Benjamin Waterhouse in June 1802.
General noteSigned and dated: Health-office, Boston, Dec. 16, 1802. Published by order of the Board of Health. Isaiah Doane, president. R. Gardner, secretary.
General noteText in three columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.2 x 25.0 cm.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 1926
References Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 231
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1926).
Genre/formBroadsides.

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