La classe medica di fronte alla vaccinazione antivaiolosa nel Mezzogiorno preunitario

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] The medical class in the face of anti-violent vaccination in the pre-unification Mezzogiorno

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Abstract

The essay analyzes the attitude of the medical class of Southern Italy towards smallpox vaccination, highlighting a general attitude of lukewarmness, motivated on the one hand by reasons of professional decorum and by convictions of doctrinal nature, but on the other, also by base reasons of a venal nature.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] The medical class in the face of anti-violent vaccination in the pre-unification Mezzogiorno
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationLe malattie contagiose e diffusive nel Mezzogiorno ed in Capitanata tra il XVIII e il XIX secolo
EditorsLorenzo Pellegrino, Mario Freda
Pages39-48
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • vaccination, small pox, medical class, Southern Italy
  • vaccinazione, vaiolo, classe medica, Mezzogiorno

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