Book ID: CBB059271636

The Great Inoculator: The Untold Story of Daniel Sutton and his Medical Revolution (2020)

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Weightman, Gavin (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 208
Language: English

This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton—the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination—was named a best book of 2020 by BBC History Magazine Smallpox was the scourge of the eighteenth century: it showed no mercy, almost wiping out whole societies. Young and old, poor and royalty were equally at risk – unless they had survived a previous attack. Daniel Sutton, a young surgeon from Suffolk, used this knowledge to pioneer a simple and effective inoculation method to counter the disease. His technique paved the way for Edward Jenner’s discovery of vaccination – but, while Jenner is revered, Sutton has been vilified for not widely revealing his methods until later in life. Gavin Weightman reclaims Sutton’s importance, showing how the clinician’s practical and observational discoveries advanced understanding of the nature of disease. Weightman explores Sutton’s personal and professional development, and the wider world of eighteenth-century health in which he practised inoculation. Sutton’s brilliant and exacting mind had a significant impact on medicine – the effects of which can still be seen today.

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Authors & Contributors
Iorio, Elena
Munno, Cristina
Meyer, Victoria Nicole
Baylac-Paouly, Baptiste
Antonio Reguera Teba
Gelati, Giacomo
Concepts
Public health
Vaccines; vaccination
Medicine and society
Smallpox
Medicine
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
Italy
France
Piedmont
Levant and Near East
Burkina Faso
Lyon (France)
Institutions
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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