Battling Smallpox before Vaccination

Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Germany

AvJennifer D. Penschow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

When smallpox inoculation entered western medical practice in 1721 it aroused considerable controversy. A broad-based cohort of enlightened Germans such as publishers, poets, pastors and elite women attempted to dispel the doubts and encourage the innovative procedure. Yet many parents remained fearful, and the contagiousness of inoculation also necessitated a new approach. National pride in the past defeat of bubonic plague aroused optimism that smallpox could be banished using a similar strategy. The arrival in 1800 of Jenner’s vaccine ended the debates by offering yet another promising new approach. Battling Smallpox before Vaccination explores the social and medical impacts of inoculation. It offers belated recognition for the valiant attempts of the many protagonists battling against the so-called ‘murdering angel’ before Edward Jenner’s discovery of vaccination. It provides a comprehensive description and penetrating analysis of the understanding and perception of smallpox, the propagation of pro-inoculation information, varied reactions to inoculation, and debates over the idealistic goal of eradicating smallpox.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:646 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Clio Medica
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004465138

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Jennifer D. Penschow (PhD Med. 1994 Melbourne; PhD His. 2016 Tasmania) has one international patent and 39 peer-reviewed collaborative publications, including two articles in Nature, mainly with research teams at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, the Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Tasmania. At present she is an independent scholar.

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"das Werk [bietet] einen angenehm lesbaren Überblick über die literarische Auseinandersetzung mit der Inokulation." [the work offers a pleasant readable overview of the literary debate of inoculation].- Elena Taddei (Innsbruck), Francia recensio 2022-3, DOI:https://doi.org/10.11588/frrec.2022.3.90529

Innehållsförteckning

Author’s Note and AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Realities, Myths, and Perceptions1Reality and Mythology of Smallpox2Inoculation Offers a New Approach3Perceptions of a Benevolent ‘Murdering Angel’2 The Ruling Class and the Nobility1Princes, and ‘Travelling Inoculators’2High-Ranking Mothers3Successive Prussian Kings’ Strategies4The Rural Nobility3 Academics and Medical Men1University Medical Schools2Physiki Lead the Way3Social-Class Considerations – Doctors Versus Surgeons4 The Discourse in the Print Media1The Published Word Spreads News of the Innovation2Intellectuals, Doctors, and the Public Have Their Say3Regional Influences Come into Play5 A Literary Focus on Women1Changing Sentiments in Depictions of Disfigurement2Poets and Writers Focus on Young Women3Real and Fictional Women as Inoculation Promoters4Women as Authors, and as Targets of Advice6 Pastors and Peasants1The Problem of Smallpox in Rural Areas2Challenges for Country Pastors3Inoculation Makes Inroads7 To Inoculate, or Aim to Eradicate Smallpox1Inoculation versus Containment Strategies2Two Campaigns Aiming to Eradicate Smallpox3Disputes over Prospects for EradicationConclusionAppendix 1: German University Dissertations about Inoculation: 1720–1798Appendix 2: Original German Publications about Inoculation: 1714–1800BibliographyIndex