Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1322

GEORGE BELL (1777-1832) A treatise on the cow-pox. Printed for W. Laing 1802 115 pp., 2 col. plates. 19.3 cm.

This scarce work, appearing four years after the epochal book on smallpox by Edward Jenner (see No. 1086 ff.), includes the history of cowpox, its role in smallpox inoculation, and the methods of procuring and preparing the cowpox virus for inoculation. The two colored plates show the distinction between genuine and spurious cowpox. The author was the son of the noted surgeon, Benjamin Bell (see No. 1078 ff.).

See Related Record(s): 1086 1078

Cited references: Cushing B270; Wellcome II, p. 137

Gift of John Martin, M.D.