Francisco Xavier Balmis y Berenguer, a pioneer of the public health, on the bicentenary of his death
Catedrático de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Granada, Antonio Campos
· 2019
Abstract
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the death of Francisco Xavier Balmis, his pioneering project of the Royal Vaccine Expedition is described. This project, which was implemented with the support of the Spanish Crown, took the smallpox vaccine to America and the Philippines between 1803 and 1810
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2026-04-30T19:56:48.823199+00:00
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| openalex_concepts | Smallpox; Smallpox vaccine; History; Public figure; Humanities; Art |
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| openalex_topics | Zoonotic diseases and public health |
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