Vaccination
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Deborah Wexler collection of immunization posters
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 462
Scope and Contents
The Deborah Wexler collection of immunization posters contains posters collected during Wexler’s time as executive director of the Immunization Action Coalition (now Immunize.org). Included are posters directed toward healthcare workers, such as one showing the anatomic sites for immunization, and many aimed at encouraging patients to vaccinate their children. Some posters depict recognizable characters, including an enlarged Peanuts strip in which Lucy and...
Dates:
circa 1967; 1979; 1994-2003; Majority of material found within 1990s
Edward Jenner holograph letters to Charles Murray, Secretary to the National Vaccine Establishment
Collection
Identifier: 10a 142
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 17 letters from Edward Jenner to Charles Murray, the Secretary of the National Vaccine Establishment in England. The letters discuss ongoing efforts to gain support for vaccination against smallpox, affairs of the National Vaccine Establishment, and vaccination news, including notable remarks and publications on inoculation and vaccination. The letters also mention the Royal Jennerian Society, the London Vaccination Institute, and the French Vaccine Committee.
Dates:
1806-1817
Edward L. Bauer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/319
Scope and Contents
Organized into four series: I. Manuscripts, 1940 & 1955. II. Typescripts, 1921-1941. III. Galley proof[n.d.] IV. Reprints, 1920-1945.The collection contains manuscripts, 1940 & 1955, typescripts, 1921-1941, a galley proof, [n.d.], and reprints, 1920-1945, documenting Dr. Edward L. Bauer’s career with the Department of Health of the City of Philadelphia. The collection also contains a few items post-dating Dr. Bauer’s employment at the Department of Health. Series 1 consists...
Dates:
1920 - 1955
Inoculation [for smallpox] advertisement
Collection
Identifier: MSS 476
Scope and Contents
This advertisement offers inoculation for smallpox by Stephen Samuel Hawley in Fiskdale, Massachusetts. It also notes that a Pest-House (i.e. a house to quarantine those infected with communicable diseases such as smallpox) will be opened.
Note: this is a later reprint of the 1801 advertisement.
Note: this is a later reprint of the 1801 advertisement.
Dates:
1801 February 7
Records of the Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission
Collection
Identifier: ZZ10d 1
Overview
The Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission was created in 1911 to investigate vaccination and the practice of compulsory vaccination in Pennsylvania. This collection includes meeting minutes, including reports presented by both proponents and opponents of vaccination in general, but especially against smallpox; interrogations; and discussions with a variety of documents. Reports and discussions address the history of vaccination and smallpox, their nature and their symptoms, include...
Dates:
1912-1913
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