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inoculation
(redirected from variolation)

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The stability of the smallpox virus was often noted by 18th-century physicians in debates over the comparative merits of variolation and vaccination.
Since the process of vaccination began with the technique of variolation [inoculation with smallpox] in Colonial times, the risks and fears have also been a part of parenting.
112) that Africans in the 1770s practiced variolation (inoculation) by wearing clothing or parts of bedding containing smallpox scabs should have alerted him to the implausibility of smallpox transmission via blankets.
 
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