Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1057

JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM (1744-1815) Observations on the cow-pock. Printed by Nichols and son for J. Mawman 1801 2nd ed. vi, 88 pp., ports. 19.7 cm.

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Although he made few original contributions to medical science, Lettsom is remembered as one of the founders of the Medical Society of London and for his History of the origin of medicine (1778). Lettsom was a strong supporter of the new practice of vaccination and this book contains, in addition to Lettsom's general remarks on the subject, several interesting letters including those to Benjamin Waterhouse from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Cited references: Cushing L188; Wellcome III, p. 505

Gift of John Martin, M.D.