The vaccinators : smallpox, medical knowledge, and the "opening" of Japan / Ann Jannetta

Author:: Jannetta, Ann Bowman, 1932-
Published:: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: xviii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Confronting smallpox -- Jenner's cowpox vaccine -- Engaging the periphery -- The Dutch connection: Batavia, Nagasaki, and Edo -- Constructing a network: the Ranpō physicians -- The vaccinators -- Engaging the center.

Subject(s):

Smallpox—Vaccination—Japan—History
Smallpox vaccine—Japan—History
Smallpox—Japan—History
Smallpox Vaccine—history
Diffusion of Innovation
History, 19th Century
Smallpox—history
Social Change—history
Japan

ISBN:

9780804754897 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804754896 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.

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