Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1250

SAMUEL SCOFIELD (fl. 1810) A practical treatise on vaccina or cow pock. Printed by Southwick and Pelsue, for Collins & Perkins 1810 139 pp., col. plate. 17.5 cm.

Jenner's work on smallpox inoculation received strong support from Scofield, a physician assigned to the New York City Dispensary and the person responsible for that city's inoculation program. In this work he describes the vaccination procedure and gives an interesting history of its use in various countries.

Cited references: Austin 1712; Cushing S164

Gift of John Martin, M.D.