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A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances : [Five lines of verse from Otway].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenwood, Isaac, 1702-1745.
- Walter, Thomas, 1696-1725, author.
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728, author.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglass, William, approximately 1700-1752.
- Douglass, William.
- Williams, John. Several arguments, proving, that inoculating the small pox is not contained in the law of physick.
- Williams, John.
- Smallpox--Vaccination--Anecdotes.
- Smallpox.
- Smallpox--Vaccination--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Smallpox--Vaccination.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages,ii,24 pages ; 8⁰
- Other Title:
- Friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: in N.E. : Printed [by Bartholomew Green?], in the year, MDCCXXII [1722]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Satirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. Cf. Holmes.
- Attributed to Greenwood, with the collaboration of Cotton Mather, by Holmes. Evans notes that Trumbull considered Mather's nephew Thomas Walter the possible author.
- Dedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.
- Printer's name suggested by Holmes.
- Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language, p. 22-24.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 2339
- Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 137
- Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 840
- English Short Title Catalog, W5512.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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