{"title":"Variolation and vaccination in South Asia, c. 1700–1865: A preliminary note","authors":"Paul R. Greenough","doi":"10.1016/0160-8002(80)90047-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper is a report on continuing research on colonial public health measure in South Asia from the 18th to 20th centuries. Accounts of smallpox variolation and vaccination in South Asia are examined from 1700 to 1865. The transition from variolation to vaccination is examined in four phases: variolation, variolation-vaccination, limited vaccination, and intensified vaccination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79263,"journal":{"name":"Social science & medicine. Part D, Medical geography","volume":"14 3","pages":"Pages 345-347"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0160-8002(80)90047-7","citationCount":"18","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social science & medicine. Part D, Medical geography","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0160800280900477","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper is a report on continuing research on colonial public health measure in South Asia from the 18th to 20th centuries. Accounts of smallpox variolation and vaccination in South Asia are examined from 1700 to 1865. The transition from variolation to vaccination is examined in four phases: variolation, variolation-vaccination, limited vaccination, and intensified vaccination.