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100 1 _aBlane, Gilbert, Sir,
_d1749-1834
245 1 2 _aA Statement of Facts Tending to Establish an Estimate of the True Value and Present State of Vaccination
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-04-13
508 _aCharlene Taylor, Daniel Lowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"A Statement of Facts Tending to Establish an Estimate of the True Value and Present State of Vaccination" by Sir Gilbert Blane is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work serves as a comprehensive assessment of vaccination's efficacy, particularly in relation to smallpox, following its introduction by Edward Jenner. The book lays out statistical analyses and personal observations to argue for the significant benefits of vaccination in reducing mortality rates associated with smallpox. In this publication, Sir Gilbert Blane meticulously presents various data sets spanning over several decades to illustrate trends in smallpox mortality before and after the advent of vaccination. He contrasts mortality rates during periods of no vaccination, the practice of inoculation, and the introduction of vaccination. Blane asserts that vaccination has notably reduced smallpox deaths, providing concrete evidence of its success through calculated estimations of lives saved. Additionally, he emphasizes the need for widespread adoption of vaccination to achieve the complete eradication of smallpox, countering prevalent skepticism and criticisms surrounding the practice. The book ultimately advocates for public health initiatives to promote vaccination as essential in combating one of history's most deadly diseases. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Thomas and George Underwood, 1820
653 _aSmallpox
653 _aVaccination
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/39002011127850.med.yale.edu/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67824
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