Thesis ID: CBB001561204

Smallpox Vaccination, the Establishment of Vaccination Boards, and State Formation in Venezuela and Cuba in the Nineteenth Century (2008)

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Gomez de Cruz, Magda (Author)


Florida International University
Uribe-Uran, Victor


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Advisor: Uribe-Uran, Victor
Physical Details: 329 pp.
Language: English

The Balmis expedition, sent to America by the Spanish monarch Charles IV in 1803, was a watershed in the history of Medicine as it made smallpox vaccination available for the first time, effectively prevented the disease from spreading, and saved thousands of lives. Immunization required complex administrative measures and political decisions including the creation of Vaccination Boards, all of which involved different sectors of Spanish American society. This dissertation argues that at the beginning of the nineteenth century the Spanish American colonial state had reached some level of maturity and cohesion that made it capable of executing this complex project in public health. The significance of this mobilization and the every-day experience in implementing this new public health measure is the center of this work. It is situated geographically in Venezuela and Cuba, entities which took different evolutionary paths in the nineteenth century. The organization and functioning of Vaccination Boards in these two areas are used to illustrate the state formation process, and sharp political differences in this critical period.

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Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 70/01 (2009). Pub. no. AAT 3343269.


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Authors & Contributors
Gonzalez, Stephanie
Antonio Reguera Teba
Andrade, Gabriel
Lee, Hyon Ju
Paolo Gerbaldo
Raffaele Domenici
Concepts
Smallpox
Public health
Vaccines; vaccination
Medicine
Medicine and society
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
17th century
Places
Cuba
England
India
Brazil
Piedmont
Myanmar (Burma)
Institutions
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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