Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society

In 18th-century Europe inoculation of smallpox started being practiced as a form of prevention against the disease itself. Knowledge of this practice arrived from the Ottoman Empire and reached various European countries in the 1710s. As far as Italy is concerned, the literature generally reports th...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Lucia Berti
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR IT
Publicado:	Firenze University Press 2021
Materias:	Smallpox inoculation early 18th-century Italy Antonio Vallisneri Thomas Dereham James Jurin Republic of Letters Modern history, 1453- D204-475
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fba14d34aba34460937688404e08ca99
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:fba14d34aba34460937688404e08ca99
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fba14d34aba34460937688404e08ca992021-11-17T09:14:46ZEarly reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society10.36253/ds-125752531-4165https://doaj.org/article/fba14d34aba34460937688404e08ca992021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ds/article/view/12575https://doaj.org/toc/2531-4165In 18th-century Europe inoculation of smallpox started being practiced as a form of prevention against the disease itself. Knowledge of this practice arrived from the Ottoman Empire and reached various European countries in the 1710s. As far as Italy is concerned, the literature generally reports that the Italians took no particular interest in inoculation until the 1750s; however, very little attention has been given to the early reception of the practice in Italy. By drawing on early news items and letter exchanges between the Fellows of the Royal Society and the Italian physician and naturalist Antonio Vallisneri, the present paper wants to illustrate and comment on these early sources that showed the Italians’ opinions and attitudes towards inoculation when it was first heard about in the peninsula. Lucia BertiFirenze University PressarticleSmallpox inoculationearly 18th-century ItalyAntonio VallisneriThomas DerehamJames JurinRepublic of LettersModern history, 1453-D204-475ENFRITDiciottesimo Secolo, Vol 6 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR IT
topic	Smallpox inoculation early 18th-century Italy Antonio Vallisneri Thomas Dereham James Jurin Republic of Letters Modern history, 1453- D204-475
spellingShingle	Smallpox inoculation early 18th-century Italy Antonio Vallisneri Thomas Dereham James Jurin Republic of Letters Modern history, 1453- D204-475 Lucia Berti Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
description	In 18th-century Europe inoculation of smallpox started being practiced as a form of prevention against the disease itself. Knowledge of this practice arrived from the Ottoman Empire and reached various European countries in the 1710s. As far as Italy is concerned, the literature generally reports that the Italians took no particular interest in inoculation until the 1750s; however, very little attention has been given to the early reception of the practice in Italy. By drawing on early news items and letter exchanges between the Fellows of the Royal Society and the Italian physician and naturalist Antonio Vallisneri, the present paper wants to illustrate and comment on these early sources that showed the Italians’ opinions and attitudes towards inoculation when it was first heard about in the peninsula.
format	article
author	Lucia Berti
author_facet	Lucia Berti
author_sort	Lucia Berti
title	Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
title_short	Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
title_full	Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
title_fullStr	Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
title_full_unstemmed	Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society
title_sort	early reception of smallpox inoculation in italy: insights from the correspondence of the fellows of the royal society
publisher	Firenze University Press
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/fba14d34aba34460937688404e08ca99
work_keys_str_mv	AT luciaberti earlyreceptionofsmallpoxinoculationinitalyinsightsfromthecorrespondenceofthefellowsoftheroyalsociety
_version_	1718425648260710400

Early reception of smallpox inoculation in Italy: insights from the correspondence of the Fellows of the Royal Society

Ejemplares similares