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A travelling procession of health officials who ironically praise the coming of vaccination. Etching.

A procession of health officials ironically proclaiming the coming of vaccination. Coloured etching.

Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail at Tapp, a health officer who resists the new discovery. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.

A health visitor holding a small child, promoting a campaign against tuberculosis and infant mortality. Colour lithograph by A. Leroux, 1918.

Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail at Tapp, a health officer who resists the new discovery. Coloured etching, 1801.

<p>Tapp was the officer of the health in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in the late 1790s; he was asked by the mayor to look into introducing vaccination into that part of the city, but instead launched an unrestrained attack on what he saw as "une pure charlatannerie". This is recounted in Franc̦ois Colon, 'Histoire de l'inoculation et des progrès de la vaccine en France', Paris : Le Normont, 1801</p>

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Dictionary of American medical biography / Martin Kaufman, Stuart Galishoff, Todd L. Savitt, editors ; Joseph Carvalho III, editorial associate.

Services for children with epilepsy : a guide for public health personnel.

The world health report 2006 : working together for health / World Health Organization.

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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.

Dictionary of American medical biography / Martin Kaufman, Stuart Galishoff, Todd L. Savitt, editors ; Joseph Carvalho III, editorial associate.

Services for children with epilepsy : a guide for public health personnel.

The world health report 2006 : working together for health / World Health Organization.

A health visitor holding a small child, promoting a campaign against tuberculosis and infant mortality. Colour lithograph by A. Leroux, 1918.

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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.

Dictionary of American medical biography / Martin Kaufman, Stuart Galishoff, Todd L. Savitt, editors ; Joseph Carvalho III, editorial associate.

Services for children with epilepsy : a guide for public health personnel.

The world health report 2006 : working together for health / World Health Organization.

A health visitor holding a small child, promoting a campaign against tuberculosis and infant mortality. Colour lithograph by A. Leroux, 1918.

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