| RefNo | EL/I2/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On inoculation with smallpox' by James Jurin |
| Date | 1722 |
| Description | Discussing the numbers of those who were inoculated with smallpox and those that died from the inoculation
Discusses tables compiled from bills of mortality from 1667 to 1722 with columns for total number of burials and columns for those who have died from smallpox
Read to the Royal Society on 17 January 1722
Recounts a letter from John Osborne about inoculating with smallpox in Boston, New England
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1722 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 26p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5031 | Jurin; James (1684 - 1750); physician | 1684 - 1750 |