Luigi Marchelli, a Genoese surgeon, obtains from a sheep matter for inoculation against smallpox

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Luigi Marchelli, a Genoese surgeon, obtains from a sheep matter for inoculation against smallpox. Coloured etching, c 1807. Luigi Marchelli published 'Memoria sull’inoculazione della vaccina' in Genoa in 1801 and 'Istruzione per ben conoscere il cowpox o vajuolo vaccinico e per eseguirne l’innesto con felice successo' in Genoa in 1808. According to Luigi Sacco (cited by Bercé, loc. cit.) three therapeutic measures emerged from his observations: sheep could be protected from sheep-pox by being inoculated with vaccine; humans could be protected from smallpox by being inoculated with sheep-pox; and sheep could be protected from sheep-pox by being inoculated with sheep-pox (ie variolated). Created c 1807. Sheep – Diseases. Sheep pox. Medical innovations. Smallpox – Prevention. Italy. Luigi Marchelli (active approximately 1807). Work ID: hgtawyvt.

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