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Yasmine MARCIL
Literary periodicals and the La Condamine campaign for inoculation against smallpox
Le Temps des médias n° 23, Hiver 2014, p. 66-77.
The debate over smallpox vaccination, during the seocnd half of the 18th century, went well beyond medical schools and became a controversial topic in the public sphere. This article focuses on the campaign led by well-known scholar Charles-Marie La Condamine, and its reception in five literary journals, which take a firm stand when at the core of the debate is the legitimacy of physicians as the sole authorities on matters of health.
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