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Cotton Mather and the Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1721-1722

Thomas H. Brown, PhD

JAMA. 1988;260(15):2247-2249.

Abstract
The contributions of black Americans to early American culture have still not been fully explored or given the attention deserved. A case in point is the significant contributions African slaves made to 18th-century American folk medicine. A review of the events incident to the smallpox epidemic in Boston in 1721 will illustrate the degree to which some reputable men of science depended on the testimony and experience of Africans in dealing with a particularly dread disease.

(JAMA 1988;260:2247-2249)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of English, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Department of English, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, University Station, Birmingham, AL 35294 (Dr Brown).

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