The vaccine issue

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Published: 1990-12-15

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Naranjo Villegas, A. (1990). The vaccine issue. Medicina UPB, 9(2), 105-109. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/5528
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Alfredo Naranjo Villegas
Antioquia Society for the History of Medicine

Abstract

An Historical recount about Francisco Javier Balmis medical expedition Is mode. It was organized with the objected of vaccinating against smallpox American continent population. Its route in Nueva Granada is followed. Antioquia is specially mentioned.

Keywords:
Francisco Javier Balmis, smallpox, vaccination

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Alfredo Naranjo Villegas, Antioquia Society for the History of Medicine

President of the Antioquia Society for the History of Medicine. Former Professor of Cardiology at the U of A. Former President of the Medellín Academy of Medicine.

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