Article ID: CBB353887220

Balmis expedition: The children who carried the smallpox vaccine to America (2022)

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Although today very few doubt the efficacy of vaccines, when in 1796 the English doctor Edward Jenner demonstrated the efficacy of his smallpox vaccine, not the entire scientific world welcomed the advance with enthusiasm. Among the most fervent defenders of the revolutionary method was the Spanish doctor Francisco Javier Balmis Berenguer. His enthusiasm led him to lead what can be considered the first humanitarian mission in history, which between 1803 and 1806 brought Jenner’s vaccine to America and Asia.

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Authors & Contributors
Bennett, Michael J.
Iorio, Elena
Munno, Cristina
Junaidi
Paolo Gerbaldo
Raffaele Domenici
Concepts
Vaccines; vaccination
Medicine
Smallpox
Medicine and society
Public health
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century
20th century, early
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
Italy
Piedmont
Indonesia
Japan
Europe
New York (U.S.)
Institutions
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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