Una práctica inconstante: la vacunación contra la viruela en el Alicante del siglo XIX

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  • Enrique Perdiguero Gil Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología. Universidad Miguel Hernández
  • Josep Bernabeu-Mestre Departament de Salut Pública. Àrea d’Història de la Ciencia. Universitat d’Alacant
  • Mercedes Pascual Artiaga Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología. Universidad Miguel Hernández

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2004.v56.i1.74

Keywords:

smallpox, vaccination, Spain, Alicante, 19th century

Abstract


Spain was unsuccessful in ensuring vaccination for all its infant population during the XIX Century. Using as a case-study the city of Alicante we deal, in this, work with the main causes of this failure. The absence of proper public health services, the opposition or the neglect of the population and some technical obstacles were the main reasons for the very irregular vaccination practices in Alicante.

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Published

2004-06-30

How to Cite

Perdiguero Gil, E., Bernabeu-Mestre, J., & Pascual Artiaga, M. (2004). Una práctica inconstante: la vacunación contra la viruela en el Alicante del siglo XIX. Asclepio, 56(1), 111–144. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2004.v56.i1.74

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