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Inoculation for Smallpox in the Province of Quebec, A Reappraisal
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Inoculation for Smallpox in the Province of Quebec, A Reappraisal
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Dr. James Latham (c.1734-1799), a British medical surgeon, was the first person known to have practised inoculation against smallpox in Canada. He undertook inoculation in Quebec and Montreal in the years 1769-1770 and again in 1786. In 1769, Latham variolated 303 people, including prominent members of English- and French-speaking families in Quebec City and, later, 200 people in Montreal, without fatality. By 1770, Latham had variolated 1250 people.
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Health, Disease and Medicine : Essays in Canadian History
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Toronto, ON
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Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine by Clarke Irwin
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1984
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171-193
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en
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0-7720-1449-3
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Tunis, Barbara. “Inoculation for Smallpox in the Province of Quebec, A Reappraisal.” In Health, Disease and Medicine : Essays in Canadian History, edited by Charles G. Roland, 171–193. Toronto, ON: Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine by Clarke Irwin, 1984.
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