| The Vaccinators: Smallpox, Medical Knowledge, and the Aopeninga of Japan Contributor(s): Jannetta, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804786909 ISBN-13: 9780804786904 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Medical | Forensic Medicine |
| Dewey: 614.521 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.06" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
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| Publisher Description: The Vaccinators examines the way a new generation of physicians in Tokugawa Japan transmitted global knowledge of Jennerian vaccination-a new medical technology that prevented smallpox. |
