| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/300 contains: |
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Main file contents |
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Introduction (general position immunology) |
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Smallpox in history |
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Aetiology and theory |
| 5 |
Methods of inoculation (earliest mentions) and attenuation |
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Smallpox inoculation in Europe in the Eighteenth Century |
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Vaccination (and Animal Pox notices in China, including louse of water buffalo story) |
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Background tradition |
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Ethnographical dimension |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Methods of inoculation (earliest mentions) and attenuation |
| Reference |
SCC2/300/5 |
| Covering Dates |
30 July 1964–1979 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/300/5 contains: |
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Typed summaries of Manchu books and manuscripts on smallpox and variolation. The list was prepared by H. Walravens of Hamburg, Germany. It is an unpublished German translation of part of a work in Russian by M. P. Volkova entitled 'Opisanie Manczurskich Rukopisej Instituta Narodov Azu', (Moscow, 1965). 4 sheets; Paper. |
23 Mar. 1977 |
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Sections on smallpox inoculation copied from ??? [Yu Mao-Khun / Yu Maokun] «?????,??» [Tou Kho Chin Ching Fu Chi Chieh / Tou Ke Jin Jing Fu Ji Jie], (1727), and related notes. Joseph Needham notes 'copied for us by asst librarian ??? [Liu Tso-Thien / Liu Zuotian] Shenyang ????, 30 Jul 64'. Creator: Liu Tso-Thien; Needham, Joseph. 16 sheets; Paper. |
30 July 1964 |
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Joseph Needham's notes on ?? [Chang Yen / Zhang Yan] «????» [Chung Tou Hsin Shu / Zhong Tou Xin Shu / New Treatise on Smallpox and Variolation], (1741). Attached to the notes are manuscript draft paragraphs probably for Needham's paper 'China and the Origins of Immunology', (Hong Kong, 1980). 11 sheets; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
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Notes. 30 sheets; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
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Joseph Needham's original file title. 1 document; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
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