Battling smallpox before vaccination : inoculation in eighteenth-century Germany

"When smallpox inoculation entered western medical practice in 1721 it aroused considerable controversy. A broad-based cohort of enlightened Germans such as publishers, poets, pastors and elite women attempted to dispel the doubts and encourage the innovative procedure. Yet many parents remaine...

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Auteur principal: Penschow, Jennifer D. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Brill NV
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Leiden Boston : Brill, [2022]
Titres liés à la collection:Clio medica volume 105
Accès à la collection:Clio medica
Sujets:Smallpox Medicine Smallpox vaccine Geschichte Deutschland Pocken Pockenimpfung Wirkung Öffentliche Meinung Debatte plus... Gesellschaft Auswirkung
Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 295 Seiten)