TY - BOOK AU - Jannetta,Ann Bowman TI - The vaccinators: smallpox, medical knowledge, and the "opening" of Japan SN - 9780804779494 AV - RC183.7.J3 U1 - 614.5 210952 23 PY - 2007/// CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Smallpox KW - Vaccination KW - Japan KW - History KW - Smallpox vaccine KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Smallpox Vaccine KW - history KW - Diffusion of Innovation KW - History, 19th Century KW - Social Change KW - Variole KW - Japon KW - Histoire KW - Vaccin antivariolique KW - Innovations KW - Diffusion KW - Médecine KW - 19e siècle KW - MEDICAL KW - Forensic Medicine KW - bisacsh KW - Preventive Medicine KW - Public Health KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Confronting smallpox -- Jenner's cowpox vaccine -- Engaging the periphery -- The Dutch connection: Batavia, Nagasaki, and Edo -- Constructing a network: the Ranpō physicians -- The vaccinators -- Engaging the center N2 - By the mid-19th century, when Japan was still largely closed to the West, smallpox epidemics had killed an estimated ten percent of the Japanese population. This text details the appalling cost of Japan's almost 300 year isolation and examines in depth a nation on the cusp of political and social upheaval UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1055996 ER -