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The beginnings of smallpox vaccination in Zurich

14. June 2021 | Esther Peter | Keine Kommentare

The English physician Edward Jenner is considered the inventor of smallpox vaccine. He first published his findings in 1798. Just two years later, in 1800, physician Johann Heinrich Lavater vaccinated the first child in Zurich. A few years later, the Gesellschaft der Wundärzte auf dem Schwarzen Garten – The Zurich society of physicians’s at the […]

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Smallpox vaccination – just a small cut in the skin

31. May 2021 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

The history of vaccination starts with smallpox. In 1796, Edward Jenner introduced the cowpox vaccine, which was adopted rapidly all over Europe. The Medical Collection of the University of Zurich keeps various objects allowing us to trace its history. Numerous vaccination lancets and needles are stored in boxes. Dr. Martin Trachsel, research associate, guides us […]

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100 years ago, vaccine was produced in the cow barn

17. May 2021 | Martina Gosteli | Keine Kommentare

Swiss companies have been exporting vaccines for a long time. There was a final peak in 2001, when fear of bioterrorist attacks suddenly brought the smallpox vaccine Lancy Vaxina back into demand. After the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, the Swiss company Berna Biotech experienced a sudden increase of demand […]

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The woman who preserves the wax moulages from the smallpox year 1921

3. May 2021 | Open Science Services | Keine Kommentare

Sabina Carraro works as a a conservation/restauration specialist at the Museum of Wax Moulages, which is run jointly by the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich. She first learned about the moulage technique during her professional training and immediately knew it was what she wanted to do. In this interview, she tells us […]

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“They were not just cranks” Eberhard Wolff and Iris Ritzmann on the history of vaccination opponents

19. April 2021 | HBZ | Keine Kommentare

Cultural anthropologist Prof. Eberhard Wolff and medical historian Prof. Iris Ritzmann have both been studying the history of smallpox vaccination for many years and have done research on anti-vaccination movements in Switzerland and Germany. In this interview, they talk about parallels between then and now. Interview: Ursula Reis Do you see similarities between the criticism […]

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«Is compulsory vaccination justified?» The opponents of smallpox vaccination

6. April 2021 | Open Science Services | Keine Kommentare

Vaccine hesitancy is as old as vaccination itself. The first time it became a poltical issue in Switzerland was the vote on a Federal Epidemics Act in 1882. After a heated referendum campaign, the act was overwhelmingly rejected by almost 80% of the electorate. What were the reasons for this and why did vaccination remain […]

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Diagnosis with self-experimentation – how Max Tièche fought smallpox with an unconventional method

22. March 2021 | HBZ | Keine Kommentare

In 1947, the city of Zurich honoured the dermatologist Max Tièche (1878-1938) by naming a street after him. His great achievement was the foundation of the first municipal clinic for skin and venereal diseases. Situated in the working class district Aussersihl, it treated low-income patients at affordable rates. It is less well known that Max […]

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100 years ago: Smallpox breaks out in Zurich

8. March 2021 | Andreas Bigger | Keine Kommentare

For centuries, smallpox was one of the most dreaded infectious diseases. No other illness, except for the black death, claimed as many lives in European history. Switzerland’s last smallpox epidemic was in 1921-1925. Fortunately, it was relatively mild. Spreading from Zurich to all of Switzerland The first smallpox case was reported in Oerlikon on 8 […]

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Exhibition: smallpox in Zurich 100 years ago

22. February 2021 | HBZ | Keine Kommentare

Who still knows smallpox? The once feared epidemic was the first infectious disease eradicated worldwide through vaccination programs. Yet only 100 ago, Zurich was hit hard in the last Swiss outbreak. On May 8, 1921, the first cases of smallpox were reported in Oerlikon. Within a very short time, the virus spread all over Switzerland […]

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PubMed for Medical History. How does it work?

17. February 2021 | HBZ | Keine Kommentare

PubMed is the largest bibliographic database in medicine. In its vast collection, you cannot only find current research, but also bibliographic data of older medical literature, which can be of interest for historians. Which time period is covered? PubMed provides reliable medical articles dating back to 1946. Older articles are occasionally updated. For the period […]

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