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Cure or Protection? The meaning of smallpox inoculation, ca 1750–1775

The idea that smallpox could be eradicated was not necessarily the ultimate aim when inoculation was introduced in Europe in the 1720s. This potentiality was not clearly articulated as an aim until the end of the eighteenth century. This article argues that during most of the eighteenth century, the...

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Autor principal: Eriksen, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2013.37