title: Thomas Nettleton and the dawn of quantitative assessments of the effects of medical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary University College London E1 4NS. boylston_3@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boylston
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000266:history*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000266:history; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom