Stories
- Article
The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
- Article
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
- Books
Smallpox vaccine, ahead of its time : how the late development of laboratory methods and other vaccines affected the acceptance of smallpox vaccine / Derrick Baxby.
Baxby, Derrick.Date: 2001
- Ephemera
- Online
Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
Reed, John Theodore Archibald.Date: [1810?]- Ephemera
Smallpox ephemera. Box 1.
- Film
Smallpox : the merciless traveller.
Date: 1965- Videos
Smallpox : the merciless traveller.
Date: 1965