The correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750) : : physician and secretary to the Royal Society / / edited by Andrea A. Rusnock.

James Jurin (1684-1750) occupied a central place in the medical and scientific circles of Augustan and Georgian England. His dispassionate yet forceful advocacy of smallpox inoculation using an innovative statistical approach brought him widespread recognition both in Britain and abroad. He was Secr...

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Superior document:Clio Medica ; 39
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam ;, Atlanta GA : : Rodopi,, 1996.
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
Series:Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine.
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The correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750) : physician and secretary to the Royal Society / edited by Andrea A. Rusnock.
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Clio Medica ; 39
James Jurin (1684-1750) occupied a central place in the medical and scientific circles of Augustan and Georgian England. His dispassionate yet forceful advocacy of smallpox inoculation using an innovative statistical approach brought him widespread recognition both in Britain and abroad. He was Secretary to the Royal Society for seven years and participated vigorously in the most important scientific debates of the period. Jurin's correspondence, recently made available to the public, provides rich material for the study of eighteenth-century natural philosophy and medicine, especially of the smallpox inoculation debates. This volume reproduces a broad and valuable selection of letters, as well as a list of Jurin's publications and a calendar of the complete correspondence. The introductory biographical essay describes how Jurin combined a career as a successful London physician with that of a natural philosopher.
Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Bibliography Publications / Andrea A. Rusnock -- James Jurin / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Selected Correspondence / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Calendar of Correspondence / Andrea A. Rusnock -- Index / Andrea A. Rusnock.
Includes index.
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Physicians Correspondence.
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The correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750) : physician and secretary to the Royal Society /
Clio Medica ;
Preliminary Material --
Acknowledgements /
Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures /
Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life /
Bibliography Publications /
James Jurin /
Selected Correspondence /
Calendar of Correspondence /
Index /
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title_alt Preliminary Material --
Acknowledgements /
Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures /
Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life /
Bibliography Publications /
James Jurin /
Selected Correspondence /
Calendar of Correspondence /
Index /
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Acknowledgements /
Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures /
Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life /
Bibliography Publications /
James Jurin /
Selected Correspondence /
Calendar of Correspondence /
Index /
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