zabdiel boylston
physician who introduced smallpox inoculation into the American colonies. Inoculation consisted of collecting a small quantity of pustular material from a smallpox victim and introducing it into the arm of one who had not had the disease. The result was usually a mild case that conferred lifelong protection
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