Article ID: CBB000773208

Medical Statistics and Hospital Medicine: The Case of the Smallpox Vaccination (2007)

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Rusnock, Andrea (Author)


Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 49
Pages: 337--359


Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Part of the special issue: “The Statistical Office as a Social Observatory”
Language: English

Between 1799 and 1806, trials of vaccination to determine its safety and efficacy were undertaken in hospitals in London, Paris, Vienna, and Boston. These trials were among the first instances of formal hospital evaluations of a medical procedure and signal a growing acceptance of a relatively new approach to medical practice. These early evaluations of smallpox vaccination also relied on descriptive and quantitative accounts, as well as probabilistic analyses, and thus occupy a significant, yet hitherto unexamined, place in the history of medical statistics.

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Authors & Contributors
Antonio Reguera Teba
Gelati, Giacomo
Paolo Gerbaldo
Tanga, Mario
Sordoni, Valentina
Munno, Cristina
Concepts
Medicine
Vaccines; vaccination
Smallpox
Public health
Disease and diseases
Medicine and society
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century, early
17th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Places
Italy
United States
Piedmont
Madrid (Spain)
Spain
Europe
Institutions
American Public Health Association
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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