Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Her Times
Author(s): George Paston
Born in 1689, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont) was an English aristocrat and lady of letters. More important than her literary achievements, however, Lady Montagu was responsible for the introduction of the smallpox inoculation to Britain and Western Europe. This medical breakthrough which she promoted widely, and was later superseded by Edward Jenner's vaccination, was the first time in Western medicine that antibodies were created to secure immunity from disease.
pp x, 559, [40]. Frontis, plates. Blue cloth with gilt borders and titles. Neat gilt crest on front board. Small stamp to tp Some foxing to prelims and page edges.
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- : Methuen & Co.
- : 01 January 1907
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