Jannetta, Ann Bowman,  1932- <br/><br/>
The vaccinators :  smallpox, medical knowledge, and the "opening" of Japan / 
Ann Jannetta. 
 - Stanford, California :  Stanford University Press,  (c)2007. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 245 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804779494 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Smallpox--Vaccination--History.--Japan<br/>Smallpox vaccine--History.--Japan<br/>Smallpox--History.--Japan<br/>Diffusion of innovations.<br/>Smallpox Vaccine--history<br/>Diffusion of Innovation<br/>History, 19th Century<br/>Smallpox--history<br/>Social Change--history
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC183  / .V333 2007