An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”
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An account, or history, of the procuring of the smallpox by incision or inoculation, as it has for some time been practised at Constantinople.Phil. Trans., 29, 72-82, 1714 – 1716.A letter dated December, 1713 from Timoni of Constantinople to John Woodward, and read to the Royal Society in May, 1714, described the practice in that city of inoculation against smallpox. The letter aroused interest in inoculation in England. A fellow of the Royal Society since 1703, Timoni was the first to write on this subject for Western physicians, although Pylarini’s researches had commenced in 1701. Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Smallpox › Variolation or Inoculation Permalink: www.garrison-morton.com/id/7263 |