title: Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846) and the riddle of Amos Babcock.
abstract: The late Dr Henry R Viets (1890-1969) suggested in 1940 that the author of A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts was Amos G Babcock. He also showed that Benjamin Waterhouse edited the manuscript. A similar journal, The Prisoner's Memoirs of Dartmoor Prison by Charles Andrews, is also described and contrasted. The career of Professor Waterhouse is narrated in relation to the medical politics at that time in New England: a possible explanation for Babcock's anonymous authorship is given.
authors.affiliation: 69 Greetby Hill, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agnew
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D063906:Prisoners of War / Q000266:history*; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D012900:Smallpox Vaccine
keywords: Amos Babcock; Benjamin Waterhouse; Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts