Vaccination of the Ethnic Greeks (Rums) Against Smallpox in the Ottoman Empire: Emmanuel Timonis and Jacobus Pylarinos as Precursors of Edward Jenner

Vaccination of the Ethnic Greeks (Rums) Against Smallpox in the Ottoman Empire: Emmanuel Timonis and Jacobus Pylarinos as Precursors of Edward Jenner

This historical review examined the onset of the vaccination method during the Ottoman Empire. Inoculation was performed in the regions of Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace using folk medicine as a measure against the spread of smallpox/variola infection. Greek physicians Emmanuel Timonis (1669–1720)...

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Main Authors: Theodoros Kyrkoudis, Gregory Tsoucalas, Vasilios Thomaidis, Ioannis Bakirtzis, Eleni Nalbanti, Alexandros Polychronidis, Aliki Fiska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Erciyes Medical Journal
Subjects:
emmanuel timonis
history of medicine
inoculation
jacobus pylarinos
ottoman empire
vaccination
variolation
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