Project Gutenberg 2020-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 341 White, William 1831 1890 49055231 The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-Fact Chapters Produced by MFR, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-Fact Chapters" by William White is a critical examination addressing the historical and societal implications of vaccination, written in the late 19th century. The text scrutinizes societal beliefs surrounding vaccination and traces its origins, specifically focusing on the controversial figure of Edward Jenner and the practices surrounding inoculation. The book sets out to challenge widely accepted narratives about vaccination's purported benefits. The opening of the work presents an introduction that highlights a perceived ignorance and blind acceptance of vaccination by the public. White contextualizes the vaccination debate within the historical practice of variolation, recounting early attempts to mitigate smallpox through inoculation. The narrative introduces key figures such as Cotton Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, illustrating the early controversies and the difficulties faced by those who sought to advocate for this medical practice. Through the author's tone, the beginnings of a critical stance on vaccinations are established, questioning the efficacy and safety of procedures that have been accepted without substantial scrutiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Vaccination RM Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Health & Medicine 1949607 2025-07-24T12:29:40.493872 text/html 1906968 2024-10-17T17:28:31 text/html 1166005 2025-07-24T12:30:29.048152 application/epub+zip 1173689 2025-07-24T12:29:54.522289 application/epub+zip 812948 2025-07-24T12:29:47.611830 application/epub+zip 1715192 2025-07-24T12:30:47.304066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1576107 2025-07-24T12:30:17.850215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1216305 2022-09-27T22:40:28.419629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1549675 2025-07-24T12:29:35.460926 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1529569 2024-10-17T17:28:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15992 2025-07-24T12:30:47.529071 application/rdf+xml 26276 2025-07-24T12:29:47.951822 image/jpeg 3460 2025-07-24T12:29:47.781838 image/jpeg 1030233 2025-07-24T12:29:40.641858 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