tootrock Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 On a man's attestation paper is the question "Are you willing to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated". What diseases would one have been vaccinated against at that time? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 I think the standard was Typhoid. Typhus and Smallpox. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 (edited) Not sure about the Typhus, but Typhoid & Smallpox definitely. No diphtheria or tetanus vaccine at this time. Edited 26 September , 2018 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 (edited) The pox. 🤭 Edited 26 September , 2018 by Wexflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 Smallpox. The serum was a form of cowpox, and vacca is the Latin for a cow. Although practice has changed since the world-wide elimination of smallpox, protection against other diseases is actually called "immunisation." But definitely not "the pox", i.e. syphilis. (I stand to be corrected by Dai Bach, as he is a doctor.) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Smallpox. The serum was a form of cowpox, and vacca is the Latin for a cow. Although practice has changed since the world-wide elimination of smallpox, protection against other diseases is actually called "immunisation." But definitely not "the pox", i.e. syphilis. (I stand to be corrected by Dai Bach, as he is a doctor.) Ron No correction needed Ron. Edit: A good article of the politics and practicalities of immunising a whole new army: Hardy A. 2000, Antityphoid Inoculation and the Great War, 1914 - Semantic Scholar Edited 26 September , 2018 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 Many thanks, Dai Bach. I have only skimmed the article so far, but I couldn't help noticing this quote: "In the early 1900s, British liberalism had moved significantly toward state intervention in the life of the citizen." Liberalism?? I am due to have my annual anti-flu jab on Saturday! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 Yes. I read that as the liberal society of the previous period becoming less liberal and more statist, rather than state intervention being a manifestation of liberalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 15 October , 2018 Share Posted 15 October , 2018 In some part of the middle east the troops were vaccinated against Cholera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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