Stories
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Vaccinating a community, saving lives
Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Vaccination : its tested effects on health, mortality, and population an essay / by Charles T. Pearce.
Pearce, Charles T. (Charles Thomas)Date: 1868- Books
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Vaccination : its tested effects on health, mortality, and population. An essay / by Charles T. Pearce.
Pearce, Charles T. (Charles Thomas)Date: 1868- Books
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The influence of vaccination, age, sex, and occupation on the mortality in smallpox / by Robert Grieve.
Grieve, Robert.Date: 1872- Archives and manuscripts
Decrease of Mortality by Smallpox
Date: 19 Mar 1890Reference: GALTON/2/10/5/1Part of: Galton Papers- Books
The influence of vaccination, age, sex, and occupation on the mortality in small pox / by Robert Grieve, M.D., Medical Superintendent of the Hampstead Hospital.
Grieve, RobertDate: 1876