How A French Fashion Helped Beat An 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxer Movement
When the variola vaccinum was first introduced in the eighteenth century , not everyone was eager to get inoculated . Many French the great unwashed were wary of the new procedure , which was banned in Paris for five years . But after a celebrated royal vaccination , a new fashion helped advertise vaccination and ease vaccination fears . figure of speech : King Louis XVI by Antoine - François Callet , viaWikimedia Commons ....