Zabdiel boylston biography graphic organizer

This distinguished gentleman was the son of Dr. Thomas Boylston, a native of England, who, after obtaining his degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Oxford, came over to America, and settled at Brookline, Massachusetts, in the year 1635.

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Zabdiel Boylston, his eldest son, was born in the year 1680. He married Jerusha Minot of Boston, and had several children. He acquired his professional education under the instruction of his father, and Dr. John Cutter, an eminent physician and surgeon of Boston ; and commenced the practice of physician in that town under very favorable circumstances in the early part of the 18th century.

In a few years, he arrived at great distinction in his profession and accumulated a handsome fortune.

He was remarkable for his skill, his humanity, and close attention to his patients. He had been led under the direction of his father to the study of Botany and Natural History, which he so successfully cultivated as soon to esta