1826 MASSACHUSETTS SPY Lithotripsy COW POX VACCINATION Laudanum FROG EXPERIMENT

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The Massachusetts Spy and Worcester County Advertiser for Wedensday, September 20th, 1826. Four pages.
Front page has interesting medical articles on the efficacy of cow pox vaccination in Europe, the dangers of
administering Laudanum to infants and children, an experiment on heat regulation in the body involving putting a
frog in an oven and the influence of diet on the body involving a tiger. There is also a report from France on a
new method of dissolving bladder stones - early lithotripsy.
Apart from the medical reports there is a fascinating discourse under the heading "Parental Government" which
exhibits an exceptionally modern understanding of child psychology and an article on the latest discoveries in
Central Africa by Denham and Clapperton in their search for the source of the Niger River. Inside there are
reports from Colombia, Turkey and Greece while the back page is devoted to advertisements.
Overall the paper is in fair condition with smudges, creases and nicks.
The pages are tanned and stained and
the print on the centre crease is difficult to read - please see all the photographs.
This newspaper likely belonged to George Ripley the American social reformer, Unitarian minister and journalist
((October 3rd 1802 - July 4th 1880) as "G Ripley" is written in ink on the top left of paper and same corresponds
with known signature. Ripley was associated with Transcendentalism and was the founder of the short-lived
Utopian community Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Overall the paper is in fair condition with staining and foxing to the pages, creases, nicks etc - please see the photographs.