Rôle des vétérinaires dans la production du vaccin antivariolique en Belgique

peer reviewed ; Soon after the discovery of the smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner in 1798, Guillaume De Manet, a physician from Ghent, used it in Belgium to protect his patients against smallpox. Unfortunately, this was only an isolated case and we have to wait until 1865 for doctor Warlomont of Brussels to import from France a heifer inoculated by the Italian vaccinal strain, which was perfected by Negri. The private institute founded by Warlomont became Belgian state property as early as 1868 and the institute was transferred at the Veterinary School of Cureghem in 1882 under the name of «Of... Mehr ...