Kaspar Hauser, the Child of Europe: are smallpox vaccination scars the clue to a two-century-old mystery?

We have explored the 19(th)-century mystery of the identity of Kaspar Hauser, the so-called Child of Europe, from the perspective of the smallpox vaccination. We have highlighted the improbability that he was secretly inoculated based on the vaccination policies and methodologies applied at the time...

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Autores principales: Habicht, Michael E., Varotto, Elena, Vaccarezza, Mauro, Cossarizza, Andrea, Galassi, Francesco M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2023
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Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10247303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37295691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clindermatol.2023.06.001
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author Habicht, Michael E.
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Galassi, Francesco M.
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description We have explored the 19(th)-century mystery of the identity of Kaspar Hauser, the so-called Child of Europe, from the perspective of the smallpox vaccination. We have highlighted the improbability that he was secretly inoculated based on the vaccination policies and methodologies applied at the time. This consideration allows for a reflection on the whole case and the importance of vaccination scars in ascertaining immunization against one of humanity's deadliest killers, especially given the recent monkeypox outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-102473032023-06-08 Kaspar Hauser, the Child of Europe: are smallpox vaccination scars the clue to a two-century-old mystery? Habicht, Michael E. Varotto, Elena Vaccarezza, Mauro Cossarizza, Andrea Galassi, Francesco M. Clin Dermatol Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future We have explored the 19(th)-century mystery of the identity of Kaspar Hauser, the so-called Child of Europe, from the perspective of the smallpox vaccination. We have highlighted the improbability that he was secretly inoculated based on the vaccination policies and methodologies applied at the time. This consideration allows for a reflection on the whole case and the importance of vaccination scars in ascertaining immunization against one of humanity's deadliest killers, especially given the recent monkeypox outbreak. Elsevier Inc. 2023-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10247303/ /pubmed/37295691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clindermatol.2023.06.001 Text en © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Elsevier has created a Monkeypox Information Center (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/monkeypox-information-center) in response to the declared public health emergency of international concern, with free information in English on the monkeypox virus. The Monkeypox Information Center is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its monkeypox related research that is available on the Monkeypox Information Center - including this research content - immediately available in publicly funded repositories, with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the Monkeypox Information Center remains active.
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title_short Kaspar Hauser, the Child of Europe: are smallpox vaccination scars the clue to a two-century-old mystery?
title_sort kaspar hauser, the child of europe: are smallpox vaccination scars the clue to a two-century-old mystery?
topic Reflections on Dermatology: Past, Present, and Future
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