An apology, for differing in opinion from the authors of the Monthly and Critical Reviews, on 1. Literary communications. 2. Variolous and vaccine inoculation. 3. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculation. 4. The means of preventing febrile contagion. 5. The establishment of charitable institutions / by John Coakley Lettsom.
- John Coakley Lettsom
- Date:
- 1803
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Credit: An apology, for differing in opinion from the authors of the Monthly and Critical Reviews, on 1. Literary communications. 2. Variolous and vaccine inoculation. 3. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculation. 4. The means of preventing febrile contagion. 5. The establishment of charitable institutions / by John Coakley Lettsom. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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