The American physician Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) introduced cowpox vaccination against smallpox in the Boston area in 1800.Benjamin Waterhouse was born at Newport, R.I., on March 4, 1754, the so...
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Benjamin Waterhouse was born March 4, 1754 in Newport, Rhode Island; he died on October 2, 1846 in Boston. He was the son of Timothy Waterhouse, a maker of chairs who is said to have been a judge of t...
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Benjamin Waterhouse
Benjamin Waterhouse