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...
Read more
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...
Read more