Stories
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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The bishop’s profitable sex workers
How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
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Eleventh annual report of the London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination for the year ending 31st March, 1891.
London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.Date: 1891
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Fact versus fiction. A refutation of the National Health Society's tract, entitled, "The prevention of small-pox" / The London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.
London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.Date: [1881]
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Testimonies of medical authorities on vaccination : with index, distinguishing by an asterisk such as treat of animal (cow, horse, or calf) lymph, without reference to arm to arm vaccination / London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.
London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.Date: [1882]
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Some leading arguments against compulsory vaccination / Issued by The London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.
London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination.Date: 1887
- Journals
The Vaccination inquirer and health review.