Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse.Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse Benjamin Waterhouse (March 4, 1754, Newport, Rhode Island - October 2, 1846, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. He is most well known for being the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States, which he carried outPhilip Cash Science History Publications PO Box 1240, Sagamore sag·a·more n. A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America. [Eastern Abenaki s  Beach, MA 0256201240
0881352640 $56.00 www.shpusa.com If the name Benjamin Waterhouse doesn't sound familiar immediately, it's because he's a 1754-born doctor who introduced vaccination to the U.S. and promoted the procedure around the country--yet was scorned by the Boston medical establishment. DR. BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE: A LIFE IN MEDICINE AND PUBLIC SERVICE reviews his many achievements, the controversy surrounding them, and his pioneering popularization pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. of the study of natural history in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . Despite his many allocates, it's surprising to note this is the first major biography covering his life and work--and provides a wonderfully in-depth, rich survey of his accomplishments and times. |
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