Charles Maitland
Standard Name: Maitland, Charles
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | She had lost her brother to smallpox, and narrowly escaped herself. She probably went to Turkey primed with accounts which had reached the Royal Society
in London of the Turkish practice of inoculation, and determined... |
| Occupation | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | This operation too was performed by Charles Maitland
(a little reluctantly: he knew he was risking his professional career). At his request, official observers attended. One of these, James Keith
, who had lost several... |
Timeline
17 June 1721
Newspapers reported the royal plan for an experiment as to the safety of inoculation against smallpox, to be conducted on inmates of Newgate Prison
in London.
9 August 1721
Charles Maitland
, under the patronage of Princess Caroline
, experimentally inoculated six Newgate
prisoners (three of each sex) against smallpox.