Great strides had been made in the treatment of smallpox by means of mass inoculations, and experience had been gained in establishing hospitals and administrating these institutions.  Although quacks still abounded, the populace had a better chance of finding a university trained doctor now that American medical schools were founded, and new schools were added at an increasing rate as the eighteenth turned into the nineteenth century.

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