{"product_id":"certificate-of-vaccination-new-york-1892","title":"Certificate of Vaccination (New York, 1892)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrinted recto-only, approx. 8.25 x 7 inches. Heavy soil and wear at the folds, with small losses at the edges. Penciling to verso, including clarification of the patient's name, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Lillian Friesel,\" rather than \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLillie Anfesel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn uncommon vaccination certificate that used the term \"perfect vaccination\" to indicate the cowpox vaccination \"took\" successfully, based on the physiological response of the patient. By 1892, the idea that \"perfect vaccination\" actually meant lifelong protection was already being challenged, as laid out in \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCrookshank's 1889 \u003cem\u003eHistory and Pathology of Vaccination\u003c\/em\u003e. As cases rose of vaccinated individuals getting smallpox, the term played a role in the debate about the efficacy of vaccines and ultimately needing to distinguish between \"perfect\" and \"successful\" vaccination--which might not prevent the disease altogether, but led to less severe presentations when it occurred.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[vaccines, medical ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395943682198,"sku":"Q2381","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-54_1b72513e-1a36-429f-a2cb-66336ad2b060.jpg?v=1779753927","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/certificate-of-vaccination-new-york-1892","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}