Inoculation [for smallpox] advertisement
Collection
Identifier: MSS 476
Scope and Contents
This advertisement offers inoculation for smallpox by Stephen Samuel Hawley in Fiskdale, Massachusetts. It also notes that a Pest-House (i.e. a house to quarantine those infected with communicable diseases such as smallpox) will be opened.
Note: this is a later reprint of the 1801 advertisement.
Note: this is a later reprint of the 1801 advertisement.
Dates
- 1801 February 7
Creator
- Hawley, Stephen Samuel (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen, microbe, or virus into a recipient. While both vaccination and inoculation introduce pathogens into the body to produce immunity, vaccination uses a killed, weakened, or otherwise modified version of a disease and inoculation uses live pathogens. Until the early 1800s inoculation referred to variolation (from variola, meaning smallpox), the early form of inoculation used to immunize people against smallpox. In 1796 Edward Jenner introduced the smallpox vaccine, created using material from cowpox sores.
Extent
0.01 Linear feet (1 folder, Small Collections)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Hawley, Stephen Samuel (Person)
- Title
- Inoculation [for smallpox] advertisement
- Author
- Rayna Andrews
- Date
- 2026 April 24
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Conservation and digitization of this collection was supported by a Federal Save America's Treasures grant administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
