A friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, two eminent physicians, about some of their late performances [electronic resource] : [Five lines of verse from Otway].

Friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus.

Boston: in N.E. : Printed [by Bartholomew Green?], in the year, MDCCXXII [1722]

United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

English

[2],ii,24p. ; 8⁰.

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.
Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language, p. 22-24.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Evans, 2339
Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 137
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 840
English Short Title Catalog, W5512.

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