I am puzzled as to what the greatest medical scholar found in his research of smallpox vaccination.

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Legends and myths in medicine. Debunked. Not that but few care.

https://t.co/3Hu2D9Un0J

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https://t.co/xnZ2EXO1f5

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Open access. /4

https://t.co/7VF7fFb1cr
Where have we seen this before? 🤔
It appears Charles Creighton questioned Jenner vaccination on scientific, procedural, and humanitarian grounds. Of note he starts exploration of the subject with a look at Jenner’s persona and context of his experiments. /6
Creighton produces a very detailed account how vaccination fad took hold without much reasonable evidence (at the time). Those familiar with politics of medicinal enterprise may find this painfully familiar. /7
Creighton asserts that Jenner got preoccupied with cowpox/smallpox connection due to name similarity of the disease. /8
Interesting juxtaposition of observable reality vs artificial experiment. Creighton suggests Jenner cherry-picked “evidence”. /9
A slight of hand - invention of a fancy name for a common disease. This is still a common technique in “science” to attract attention and I inspire awe. Rebranding of disease often allows to create illusion of disease eradication or emergence.
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