Person physician foreign resident writer
J. Adams
physician · foreign resident · writer
J. Adams was an English physician who in 1802 obtained permission to vaccinate foundlings weekly. He was apparently the first doctor to apply vaccination in Madeira.
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Dr J. Adams was licensed by the governor and captain-general to vaccinate foundlings against smallpox, apparently the first vaccination in Madeira; the Funchal town council received his request for foundlings on 27 October 1802.
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J. Adams's A Guide to Madeira with an account of the Climate was published in London.
