Record Number: 6495

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "A Series Advice to the Public to Avoid the Danger of Inoculation", in which he says a physician can only know and be the proper person to perform the operation, and that a surgeon can know nothing about it.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

4 Nov 1758

Country:

England

Time

evening: after 7pm

Place:

city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
location in dwelling: home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Turner

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

9 Jun 1729

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

shopkeeper

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

A Serious Address to the Public, concerning the most probable means of avoiding the dangers of innoculation

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

1758

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6495

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Turner

Editor:

David Vaisey

Title:

The Dairy of Thomas Turner

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

166

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Dairy of Thomas Turner, (Oxford, 1984), p. 166, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6495, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None