Smallpox
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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
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"A comparative view of the effects on individuals and society" chart, Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-Pox, London, undated (after 1803)
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Scope and Contents
This chart shows "a comparative view of the effects on individuals and society" by smallpox, inoculated smallpox, and inoculated cowpox (or smallpox vaccine). The chart details the general character and mortality of the diseases, as well as the danger; eruptions; confinement, loss of time, expense; requisite precautions; medical treatment; deformity; and subsequent diseases. Also included on the chart are illustrations highlighting the comparative outcomes of infection with smallpox,...
Dates:
undated (after 1803)
