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].
| Author/creator | Greenwood, Isaac |
| Other author | Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. |
| Other author | Walter, Thomas, 1696-1725. |
| Other author | Boylston, Zabdiel, 1679-1766 dedicatee. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston: in N.E. : Printed [by Bartholomew Green?], In the year, MDCCXXII. [1722] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, ii, 24 pages ; 16 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2339. ^A478749 |
| General note | Satirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. Cf. Holmes. |
| General note | Attributed to Isaac Greenwood, with the collaboration of Cotton Mather, by Holmes. Evans notes that Trumbull considered Mather's nephew Thomas Walter the possible author. |
| General note | Dedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston. |
| General note | Printer's name suggested by Holmes. |
| General note | Appendix, containing a vocabulary of the Mundungian language, p. 22-24. |
| References | Evans 2339 |
| References | Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 137 |
| References | Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 840 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2339). |
| Genre/form | Dialogues. |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
| Other title | Friendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus. |
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