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FRANKLIN ON SMALLPOX INOCULATION [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN; and HEBERDEN, WILLIAM.] Some Account of the Success of Inoculation for the Small-Pox in England and America.Together with Plain Instructions, By which any Person may be enabled to perform the Operation, and conduct the Patient through the Distemper. 8; 12 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 266x210 mm, 19th-century 1/2 black morocco, spine ends chipped, joints and cover edges worn; minor marginal spotting and soiling. 19th-century inscription and embossed stamp of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on title, their bookplate on front pastedown (duplicate, released). London: W. Strahan, 1759
first edition. "Franklin's statistical account of smallpox inoculation in Boston during the epidemic of 1753-54, showing the beneficial effects of the practice, was written for William Heberden, who contributed the 'Plain Instructions' mentioned on the title. Early in his life Franklin had actively opposed inoculation but he became one of its strongest advocates after the tragic death of his son from smallpox in 1736"--Garrison-Morton 5419. DSB V, 137; Norman 833.with: Cushing, Henry Kirke. Notes suggested by the Franklin-Heberden Pamphlet of 1759. 27 pages. 8vo, original wrappers, front cover chipped along edges, rear cover lacking, spine reinforced with cloth tape. [Baltimore, 1904]. Offprint from The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, Volume 15, Number 162. The author was the father of Harvey Cushing.
