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[Image of the "cowpox child" riding on a white cow. Kuwata Ryūsai, vaccinator in Edo, issued advertising materials with this figure to counter popular beliefs in the smallpox deity and lessen prejudice against the vaccine due to its "beastly" origins.]
12020-11-22T16:06:58-05:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31d355plain2020-11-23T20:19:10-05:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31dFor more information on early prints advertising smallpox vaccinations, see Soekawa Masao, "Gyūtō shutōhō shōrei no hanga ni tsuite," Nihon ishigaku zasshi 30/1 (1984): 62-84.
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1media/Shugyutosho high res (1)_thumb.jpg2020-10-28T15:30:08-04:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31dFlyer advertising vaccination against smallpox12Advertisement for vaccinations and eye medicine, issued by a physician at Fujisawa post station on the Tōkaidō Highway in 1856.media/Shugyutosho high res (1).jpgplain2020-11-25T05:18:57-05:00Shiga University of Medical Science Library20061201102352+090020061201102352+0900Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31d