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William Watson (1715-1787)
Acknowledgements
The editors are grateful to:
The Wellcome Trust for making available the portrait of William Watson (1715-1787).
Watson W (1768)
RELEVANT TOPICS
Key articles
- Boylston AW (2008).
William Watson’s use of controlled clinical experiments in 1767.
Other articles
- Boylston AW (2011).
Observation and experimentation in developing ‘the Suttonian Method’ of inoculation. - Morabia A (2010).
Edward Jenner’s 1798 report of challenge experiments demonstrating the protective effects of cowpox against smallpox. - Tröhler U (2010).
The introduction of numerical methods to assess the effects of medical interventions during the 18th century: a brief history.