Smallpox -- Vaccination
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
"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)
Item
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)
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
