title: The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874 (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
author:  Deborah Brunton 
description: A major strength of this book is the inclusion of Ireland . . . in its coverage. . . .The book fills a gap in the historiography in this topic. VICTORIAN STUDIES (Jacqueline Jenkinson) Carefully researched and thoughtfully argued. MEDICAL HISTORY, January 2010 One might wonder what could be more prosaic and representative of the new science-based government, than the administration of vaccination. But if vaccination exemplifies anything, it is interpretive flexibility, as Deborah Brunton elegantly shows. Vaccination programs evolved remarkably differently in England, Scotland, and Ireland, as groups of practitioners interpreted their interests differently, and as front line vaccinators struggled with London's biomedical elite to define vaccination expertise. --Christopher Hamlin, Department of History, University of Notre Dame Not merely a classic of conciseness, indeed pithiness: three nations' vaccinal turning-points for the price of one, with jolting comparisons between all. --Logie Barrow, historian of the British Isles; Bremen, Germany Deborah Brunton's monograph is welcome for opening up the professional and political sides of the vaccination issue, and especially for extending the geographical focus of inquiry to include Ireland and Scotland. (.) The insights she provides into contemporary medical issues are very valuable. REVIEWS IN HISTORY (SPECIAL 'HEALTH IN HISTORY' ISSUE), July 2011 http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/692
zlib_text: History	Of	Vaccination
  “Without	data,	you’re	just	another	person	with	an	opinion.”	—W.	Edwards	
  Deming,	engineer,	data	scientist
  	
  Each	book	in	the	History	of	Vaccination	series	is	accompanied	by	the	same	
  prologue.	If	you’ve	already	read	the	prologue,	feel	free	to	skip	to	the	book	
  original	book.	The	25	historical	works	I’ve	restored	and	updated	shed	light	on	
  the	nature	of	vaccination,	as	recorded	by	the	most	distinguished	doctors	and	
  scientists	of	their	time.	Their	statements	are	backed	by	historical	statistics,	which	
  are	presented	throughout	these	books.	
  	
  The	first	smallpox	vaccine	was	conceptualized	in	1796.	Since	that	time,	
  vaccination	has	been	rife	with	controversy.	Let’s	review	what	writers,	doctors,	
  and	scientists	have	observed	about	vaccines	across	three	centuries—19th,	20th,	
  and	21st.
  	
  19TH	CENTURY	(1800s)
  “There	does	not	exist	one	single	fact,	in	all	the	experiments	and	improvements	
  made	in	science,	which	can	support	the	idea	of	vaccination.	A	vaccinated	people	
  wi