Andrea A. Rusnock

James Jurin's (1684-1750) 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.

Physician and Secretary to the Royal Society

The Correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750)

Professor of European History Colin Jones

Rusnock shows how vital accounts became the measure of public health and welfare.

Andrea A. Rusnock

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