On public health hysteria
‘The Cow-Pock—or—the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!’ By James Gillray, 1802 Via Wikipedia:
“In this cartoon, the British satirist James Gillray caricatured a vaccination scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras. … The cartoon was inspired by the controversy over inoculating against the dreaded disease, smallpox. The inoculation agent, cowpox vaccine, was rumored to have the ability to sprout cow-like appendages”.
…Not so far from the hysteria/doubts surrounding the H1N1 vaccine today. Click picture for a bigger version.
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