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Author:

Jannetta, Ann Bowman, 1932-

Title:

The vaccinators : smallpox, medical knowledge, and the "opening" of Japan / Ann Jannetta.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xviii, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Smallpox--History.--Japan--History.
Smallpox vaccine--Japan--History.
Smallpox--Japan--History.
Smallpox Vaccine--history--Japan.
Diffusion of Innovation--Japan.
History, 19th Century--Japan.
Smallpox--history--Japan.
Social Change--history--Japan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index.

Contents:

Confronting smallpox -- Jenner's cowpox vaccine -- Engaging the periphery -- The Dutch connection: Batavia, Nagasaki, and Edo -- Constructing a network: the Ranpō physicians -- The vaccinators -- Engaging the center.

ISBN:

0804754896 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804754897 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006035450

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)