A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances.
[Five lines of verse from Otway]
by Isaac Greenwood
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A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances.: [Five lines of verse from Otway]
1722, Printed [by Bartholomew Green?]
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A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances.: [Five lines of verse from Otway]
1722, Printed [by Bartholomew Green?]
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in English
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Satirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. Cf. Holmes.
Attributed to Greenwood, with the collaboration of Cotton Mather, by Holmes. Evans notes that Trumbull considered Mather's nephew Thomas Walter the possible author.
Dedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.
Printer's name suggested by Holmes.
Signatures: A-Cþ́ [D]℗ø.
Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language, p. 22-24.
Evans 2339.
Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 137.
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 840.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2339)
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