Juncker, Johann Christian Wilhelm (1761-1800), Professor of Medicine at the University of Halle

English translation of a letter to George Pearson (1751-1828) F.R.S., 17 June 1800, relating measures taken against smallpox by German physicians from 1791, and requesting a specimen of inoculation matter for children in Halle.

c.1800

8 ff. 1 vol., 200 × 165 mm. Marbled paper cover, front cover labelled 'Alphabet. B1'. Inner rear cover bears a modern pencil inscription 'Bigland's Collections'.

Purchased from John Tait Goodrich Rare Books, 1992.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.