The earliest report of smallpox oral vaccination by Bahā’ al-Dawlah Rāzī in the 16th century
VACCINE, cilt.52, ss.1-4, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 52
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126949
- Dergi Adı: VACCINE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Environment Index, Veterinary Science Database
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-4
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Smallpox is one of the viral and contagious diseases that were always talked about and deadly epidemics that killed many people for many centuries. Through the analysis of historical and textual material, this paper seeks to investigate the smallpox eradication process. It starts with a brief history of smallpox before listing the common methods of eradicating the illness throughout the 16th century. There was a type of traditional oral smallpox vaccination, reported by Bahā’ al-Dawlah Rāzī, a Persian physician in his book, Khulāsāt al-Tajārib (The Summary of Experiences). This method could be considered the earliest remained report of practical solution to prevent smallpox; at least 3 centuries earlies than smallpox vaccination by Edward Jenner.