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Dr.  Lyman  Spalding. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1919. 
connected  with  medical  cooperation.  He  established  a  medical  so- 
ciety, an  anatomical  museum,  and  originated  and  distributed  so- 
called  "  bills  of  mortality,"  giving  the  causes  of  death  of  persons 
who  died  in  Portsmouth  from  the  years  1800-1813.  He  also 
essayed  the  growing  of  opium  and  lettuce  in  his  garden  for  medi- 
cinal purposes. 
In  the  "  Life  of  Dr.  Lyman  Spalding "  several  interesting 
chapters  are  given  on  the  introduction  of  vaccination  into  this 
country.  Dr.  Spalding,  who  was  living  at  Portsmouth,  wrote  to 
Dr.  Waterhouse,  of  Cambridge,  who  had  received  the  Kine  Pox 
from  Jenner  in  England  and  seems  to  have  had  the  monopoly  of  the 
introduction  of  vaccination  into  this  country.  Waterhouse  was 
undoubtedly  a  man  of  ability  and  energy,  but  probably  lacked  money 
and  felt  the  need  of  exploiting  the  new  discovery  for  his  own 
benefit.  He,  accordingly,  writes  to  Dr.  Spalding,  in  reply  to  his 
letter,  asking  for  one  quarter  of  the  amount  received  from  Dr. 
Spalding's  vaccinations  during  the  succeeding  fourteen  -months, 
insists  that  "the  small  sum  of  five  dollars"  be  charged  for  each 
vaccination,  and  guarantees  that  the  exclusive  privilege  will  be 
granted  upon  these  terms.  He  also  makes  careful  mention  of  the 
fact  that  he  has  Jenner's  matter  direct  from  England.  A  long  cor- 
respondence took  place  between  Spalding  and  Waterhouse.  Both 
parties  seem  to  have  been  anxious  to  make  money  from  the  intro- 
duction of  vaccination,  but  Waterhouse  appears  in  the  most  un- 
favorable light.  After  acceding  to  Spalding's  proposition  that  he 
have  exclusive  control  of  vaccination  in  Portsmouth,  he  shows  great 
anxiety  that  he,  Spalding,  should  associate  with  him  a  Dr.  Cutter 
and,  later,  Dr.  Cutters'  son,  on  the  ground  that  the  activity  of  these 
men  would  increase  the  number  of  vaccinations  and  thereby  in- 
crease the  profits  to  be  derived  from  the  exclusive  privilege  of 
managing  them.  In  one  letter  Spalding  asks  for  the  privilege  of 
twelve  months, 'and  later  suggests  that  he  will  pay  10  per  cent,  of  all 
the  sums  which  he  receives  for  vaccination  until  such  time  as 
vaccination  becomes  public  property.  All  that  he  received  from  Dr. 
Waterhouse  seems  to  have  been  the  exclusive  privilege  of  vaccinat- 
ing persons  within  the  limits  of  Portsmouth,  and  a  small  piece  of 
thread  which  had  been  dipped  in  the  vaccine  lymph.  Later  it  seems 
that  Spalding  was  to  pay  $150  for  this  piece  of  thread,  and  a  cer- 
tain proportion  of  the  money  which  he  received  for  the  vaccina- 
