Dr. William Douglas
<p>Only medical doctor in Mass at time of Salem Witch Trials. </p>
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Only certified doctor in Boston
member of the royal society
Mather claims he received Constantinople inoculation evidence from the royal society journal from Douglas, when Douglas was in fact in Barbados at the time</p>
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Douglas is an ally of James Franklin
publishes in the New England Courant “Last January inoculation made a sort of exit” New England Courant May 21, 1722 “Last January inoculation made a sort of exit, like the infatuation thirty years ago, after several had fallen victims to the mistaken notions of Dr. Mather and other learned clerks concerning witchcraft. But finding inoculation in this town, like the serpents in summer, beginning to crawl abroad again the last week, it was in time, and effectually crushed in the bud, by the Justices, Selectmen, and the unanimous vote of a general town-meeting”.</p>