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
- Archives and manuscripts
Smallpox Vaccination Certificate: Australia, 19th century
Date: 1859Reference: MS.7528- Archives and manuscripts
Vaccination and Smallpox
Date: 1920-1950Reference: SA/SMO/R/27/1-10Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Smallpox and Vaccination Committee Minutes
Date: 1851-1856, 1874-1878Reference: SA/MSL/K/2/1Part of: Medical Society of London- Archives and manuscripts
Smallpox and Vaccination. Reprinted May 1927
Date: May 1927Reference: SA/RDS/G/1/44Part of: Research Defence Society- Archives and manuscripts
Smallpox and Vaccination. Conquest Pamphlet No. 18.
Date: June 1964Reference: SA/RDS/G/1/74BPart of: Research Defence Society