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The politics of vaccination : practice and policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874 /

The introduction of public vaccination was among the greatest of public health triumphs. By the end of the nineteenth century, legislation framed and implemented by medical experts in Britain's government brought smallpox under control for the first time.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brunton, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008.
Colección:Rochester studies in medical history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Vaccination in early nineteenth-century England and Wales
  • The creation of a public vaccination service
  • Compulsory vaccination and divisions among practitioners
  • Central control over public vaccination
  • The failure of central supervision
  • Challenges to vaccination policy
  • Ireland: the failure of poor law vaccination, 1840-50
  • Failure and success: Irish public vaccination, 1850-80
  • Vaccination in Scotland: victory for practitioners.