i. WATERHOUSE,
Benjamin.
A Prospect of Exterminating the Small-Pox; being the History of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, or Kine-Pox, commonly called the Cow-Pox;
as it has appeared in England: with an Account of a series of Inoculations performed for the Kine-Pox, in Massachusetts. By
Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. . . .
[
Cambridge:] Printed for the Author by
William Hilliard,
1800.
RM786 .W32
First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves.
Sabin 102063.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xvi, 149.
Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Cambridge, Mass., on December 1, 1800: “Having long regarded Mr. Jefferson as one of our most distinguished patriots & philosophers, I conceived that a work which
had for it’s end the good of the community, would not be unexceptable to him.--Under that impression I have here sent him
“
a prospect of Exterminating the small-pox,” and am with the utmost consideration and respect . . .”
Jefferson replied on December 25: “
I recieved last night, and have read with great satisfaction your pamphlet on the subject of the kine-pox, and pray you to
accept my thanks for the communication of it. I had before attended to your publications on the subject in the newspapers,
and took much interest in the result of the experiments you were making. every friend of humanity must look with pleasure
on this discovery, by which one evil more is withdrawn from the condition of man; and contemplating the possibility, that
future improvements & discoveries, may still more & more lessen the catalogue of evils. in this line of proceeding you deserve
well of your country, and I pray you to accept my portion of the tribute due you . . .
”
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ii. WATERHOUSE,
Benjamin.
A Prospect of exterminating the Small Pox Part II, being a continuation of a Narrative of Facts concerning the Progress of
the new Inoculation in America; together with practical Observations on the local Appearance, Symptoms, and Mode of Treating
the Variola Vaccina, or Kine Pock; including some Letters to the Author, from distinguished Characters, on the Subject of
this benign Remedy, now passing with a rapid step through all ranks of Society in Europe and America. By Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. . . .
Cambridge: Printed for the Author, at the University Press by
William Hilliard,
1802.
RM786 .W32
First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves: A-R
4, S
2; on K
2, recto (page 77) begins, with caption title:
Practical Observations on the Variola Vaccina or Kine Pock.
Sabin 102064.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xvi, 149.
On March 1, 1803, Doctor Waterhouse sent Jefferson part II of his
Prospect of Exterminating the Small-Pox, with a letter written from Cambridge: “I here transmit for your acceptance, a copy of my Treatise on the Kine Pock, which, though dated Nov
r. 1802 is just out of the press. The first part contains the history of the progress of this new inoculation in America; The
second contains the theory of morbid poisons, together with practical rules & observations.
"Being aware that this first narrative would probably be referred to, in time to come, I was desirous to give it all the dignity
in my power, by recording the patrons of this new discovery & practice . . . The same strain of eulogium pervades many of
the British publications, especially the volume of public characters for 1803 just come to my hands, in sheets. In Jenner’s
character page 47, a paragraph begins ”
