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 InfoBoston: in N.E. : Printed [by Bartholomew Green?], In the year, MDCCXXII. [1722]
Description2 unnumbered pages, ii, 24 pages ; 16 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 2339. ^A478749
General noteSatirical debate directed against Dr. William Douglas (Sawney) and John Williams (Mundungus), opponents of smallpox inoculation at Boston. Cf. Holmes.
General noteAttributed 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 noteDedicated to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.
General notePrinter's name suggested by Holmes.
General noteAppendix, 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formDialogues.
Genre/formSatires.
Other titleFriendly debate; or, A dialogue, between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus.

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