Public Vaccination in Lower Canada, 1815-1823 : Controversy and a Dilemma
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Public Vaccination in Lower Canada, 1815-1823 : Controversy and a Dilemma
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| Abstract |
Public vaccination was introduced in Lower Canada by Act of the Legislature in March 1815 and was continued under two successive Acts for a period of less than eight years. Urban medical practitioners, appointed by the governor of the province, administered the program, while both urban and rural practitioners were especially assigned to carry it out. Disputes arose on various levels and for differing reasons: between senior members of the medical profession over appointment to the Vaccine Board; between members of the board and vaccinating practitioners over the board's instructions; and amongst divers members of the profession over the nature of vaccination. The several disputes were local in origin, but the scientific dilemma, posed by vaccination itself, was held in common with medical men in other parts of the world
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Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques
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Vol. 9
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no. 1/2
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264-278
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Summer 1982
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en
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Tunis, Barbara. “Public Vaccination in Lower Canada, 1815-1823 : Controversy and a Dilemma.” Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques Vol. 9, no. 1/2 (Summer 1982): 264–278.
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