Alfred Russel Wallace and the Antivaccination Movement in Victorian England
Alfred Russel Wallace, eminent naturalist and codiscoverer of the principle of natural selection, was a major participant in the antivaccination campaigns in late 19th-century England. Wallace combined social reformism and quantitative arguments to undermine the claims of provaccinationists and had...
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Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2010-04-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-0434_article |