an American-born physician: he performed the first surgical operation by an American physician, the first removal of gall bladder stones in 1710, and the first removal of a breast tumor in 1718. He was also the first physician to perform smallpox inoculations in North America.

He was a great uncle of President John Adams, as well as philanthropist Ward Nicholas Boylston.

Early life and education

Zabdiel Boylston was born on March 9, 1679,

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