The antivaccine heresy : Jacobson v. Massachusetts and the troubled history of compulsory vaccination in the United States /: Jacobson v. Massachusetts and the troubled history of compulsory vaccination in the United States. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karen L. Walloch.
• Authors: Walloch, Karen L
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Vaccination in Nineteenth-Century America; 2 Problems with Vaccination in the Nineteenth Century; 3 The 1901-2 Smallpox Epidemic in Boston and Cambridge; The Hazards of Vaccination in 1901-2; 5 Massachusetts Antivaccinationists; 6 Immanuel Pfeiffer versus the Boston Board of Health; 7 The 1902 Campaign to Amend the Compulsory Vaccination Laws; 8 Criminal Prosecution of Antivaccinationists; 9 Jacobson v. Massachusetts; Conclusion; Appendix A: Boston Health Department Vaccinations, 1872-1900 Appendix B: Voting Records for Samuel Durgin's Vaccination Bill before the Massachusetts State SenateNotes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 339 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 614.4/70973; Vaccination -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Immunization of children -- United States; Vaccination of children -- Complications; MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL -- Public Health; Immunization of children; Vaccination; Vaccination of children -- Complications; Vaccination -- history; Vaccination -- legislation & jurisprudence; Refusal to Participate -- history; Mandatory Programs -- history; United States; Massachusetts; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782046851; 1782046852; 9781782048787; 1782048782; 1580465374; 9781580465373
• Related ISBNs: 9781580465373
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 2, 2015).
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