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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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
Catalogue
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Smallpox & vaccination / by James P. Ryan.
Ryan, James P.Date: 1881
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Smallpox : Vaccination and re-vaccination are necessary for prevention : Infants should be vaccinated as soon as possible after birth : consult your doctor now : indigent persons will be vaccinated free of charge by the Public Health Department.
Shanghai (China : International Settlement). Municipal Council. Public Health DepartmentDate: [between 1925 and 1940?]- Archives and manuscripts
Variola and Smallpox - 1946 [WHB]
Date: c.1928Reference: PP/JRH/A/289Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)
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Extention of vaccination to the poor - Smallpox
- Archives and manuscripts
Draft article on smallpox (by Underwood?) with bibliographic material re smallpox and vaccination (evidently research for the publication of a book)
Date: mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: PP/EAU/E.3Part of: Underwood, Edgar Ashworth (1899-1980)