The Correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750) Physician and Secretary to the Royal Society

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.