Project Gutenberg 2015-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 101 Greenhow, T. M. (Thomas Michael) 1791 1881 Greenhow, Thomas Michael An Estimate of the True Value of Vaccination as a Security Against Small Pox Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Estimate of the True Value of Vaccination as a Security Against Small Pox" by T. M. Greenhow is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work focuses on the topic of vaccination, particularly its efficacy and importance in preventing smallpox, a disease that has historically caused widespread mortality and suffering. The text aims to provide comprehensive evidence and arguments to support the practice of vaccination as a public health measure. In the book, Greenhow discusses the historical context of smallpox, its devastating impacts on society, and the emergence of vaccination as a pivotal solution. He reviews the benefits of vaccination, comparing mortality rates from smallpox before and after its introduction, and highlights how vaccination has significantly reduced the incidence and fatality of the disease. Greenhow expresses concern over public skepticism and misapprehensions regarding vaccination, advocating for its widespread adoption to protect individuals, especially children, and to achieve the ultimate goal of eliminating smallpox altogether. The text serves as both an informative resource for the public and a call to action for the medical community to promote vaccination’s undeniable value as a life-saving measure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Smallpox -- Vaccination Smallpox vaccine RC Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine 140392 2025-09-20T03:49:57.448110 text/html 117179 2024-10-24T17:44:44 text/html 115745 2025-09-20T03:50:00.716075 application/epub+zip 114768 2025-09-20T03:49:58.131082 application/epub+zip 114768 2025-09-20T03:49:57.789105 application/epub+zip 161857 2025-09-20T03:50:02.749088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144715 2025-09-20T03:50:00.373070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144860 2022-09-22T12:03:22.575081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117303 2025-09-20T03:49:57.136082 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97325 2024-10-24T17:44:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16861 2025-09-20T03:50:02.881067 application/rdf+xml 9985 2025-09-20T03:49:57.859078 image/jpeg 1516 2025-09-20T03:49:57.826081 image/jpeg 99490 2025-09-20T03:49:57.461100 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia