Dr. Zabdiel Boylston inoculated his son against smallpox

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On Jun. 26, 1721, smallpox broke out in Boston, threatening to devastate the City. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, a Boston doctor, learned of the smallpox inoculation from Cotton Mather. At the suggestion of Mather, he agreed to inoculate Bostonians. On Jun. 26, he inoculated his son and two of his slaves against the disease.

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