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Cholera Epidemics in the 19th Century The Great Plague of London, 1665 The Boston Smallpox Epidemic, 1721 “Pestilence” and the Printed Books of the Late 15th Century Spanish Influenza in North America, 1918–1919 Tropical Diseases and the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1904–1914 Tuberculosis in Europe and North America, 1800–1922 The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793
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Cotton Tufts PapersCotton Tufts (AM 1749, MD Hon. 1785, Harvard University) studied medicine with his older brother Simon in Medford, Massachusetts, and later established his own practice in Weymouth. He was an incorporator of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the convention to adopt the United States Constitution. Tufts was also an incorporator of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1781 and served as its fourth president (1787–1795). He introduced a popular treatment for diphtheria early in his career. The full collection at the Countway Library contains correspondence of Tufts with his brother Simon and other individuals. Correspondence concerns the founding of a medical society in Massachusetts, inquiries about measles and other illnesses, a discussion of Edward Jenner and vaccine, and other matters. Also included are manuscripts by Tufts on vaccine, inoculation, and the spread of measles in the Boston area in 1772 and 1773. Other documents include a fragment of Tufts’s medical journal from his practice in Weymouth, a treatise on distemper, reading notes, medical prescriptions, a bill, and the draft of a state act regarding the inspection and regulation of apothecaries.
Materials Digitized for the Contagion Collection“Vaccine inoculation, its progress,” 1801. B MS c30. Additional Contagion ResourcesAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences Records Full Collection CitationPapers of Cotton Tufts, 1757–1801; B MS c30. Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Mass. Electronic Finding AidNo extended electronic finding aid is available. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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