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The angel of Bethesda [1724] edited, with introduction and notes by Gordon W. Jones.

Barre, MA: American Antiquarian Society & Barre Publishers, 1972.

The only large systematic compilation of medical knowledge prepared in the Thirteen Colonies before the American revolution. The manuscript, which Mather finished in 1724, remained unpublished in the American Antiquarian Society until the above edition.

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Entry Number#2199.1
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/1598
External URLthe-angel-of-bethesda-1724-edited-with-introduction-and-notes

Geographic Context

Publication place: Barre, MA