About Charles Maitland
Lived 1668 – 1748 (aged 79–80). Charles Maitland was a physician and surgeon.
Charles Maitland was a Scottish surgeon who inoculated people against smallpox.
Career In March 1718, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had Maitland, who was then serving in the British embassy in Constantinople, Turkey, inoculate her five-year-old son Edward. The process was done by an elderly Greek woman from Pera under Maitland's direction. Montague did not tell her husband until a week after when it proved to be successful.
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Who was Charles Maitland?
Scottish surgeon (1668-1748)
When was Charles Maitland born?
Charles Maitland was born in 1668.
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Charles Maitland died in 1748 in Aberdeen.
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Charles Maitland was a physician and surgeon.
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· DBpedia: Charles Maitland (physician)
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