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The pox and the covenant : Mather, Franklin, and the epidemic that changed America's destiny / Tony Williams.

Van Pelt Library RC183.5.M4 W55 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williams, Tony, 1970-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Smallpox--Massachusetts--Boston.
Smallpox.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Mather, Cotton.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Boston.
Smallpox--history.
History, 18th Century.
Religion and Medicine.
Smallpox Vaccine--history.
Massachusetts--Boston.
Medical Subjects:
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Boston.
Smallpox--history.
History, 18th Century.
Religion and Medicine.
Smallpox Vaccine--history.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 277 pages : map ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2010]
Contents:
A killer lurking
Walking around Boston
Contagion
Ordinary and extraordinary concerns
At the pulpit
A consult of physicians
Dr. Boylston responds
Social disharmony
The Brothers Franklin
For and against inoculation
"My dying children"
Death's head
Life-giving fires
"The afflicted still multiply"
"Cotton Mather, you dog, damn you!"
The final Boston inoculations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781402236051
1402236050
OCLC:
430054421
Publisher Number:
99938106559

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