The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it
Smallpox is one of the most dangerous human infectious diseases in the world, which claimed an estimated half a billion lives [1]. Smallpox reached the territory of Northeastern Siberia in the middle of the 17th century. It was spread by people from the European part of the Russian Empire. The devas...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:22e99b530e764206847a36eb6ad3354b 2023-05-15T15:01:29+02:00 The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it Nikolaev V.P. 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/22e99b530e764206847a36eb6ad3354b EN RU eng rus Сибирские исследования https://siberes.ru/gallery/Оспа.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2658-7181 https://doaj.org/toc/2658-7270 10.33384/26587270.2019.02.003r. 2658-7181 2658-7270 https://doaj.org/article/22e99b530e764206847a36eb6ad3354b Сибирские исследования, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 26-30 (2019) smallpox epidemics vaccination against smallpox siberia northeast siberia the history of smallpox folk remedies kiibes otosut History (General) and history of Europe D Medicine R article 2019 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T10:09:09Z Smallpox is one of the most dangerous human infectious diseases in the world, which claimed an estimated half a billion lives [1]. Smallpox reached the territory of Northeastern Siberia in the middle of the 17th century. It was spread by people from the European part of the Russian Empire. The devastating epidemics of smallpox led to the verge of extinction of entire tribal communities and small ethnic groups, especially in the Arctic. The article analyzes literary and archival materials on the history of smallpox and folk remedies used for the prevention of smallpox in the territory of Northeastern Siberia, particularly in Yakutia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Yakutia Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Smallpox is one of the most dangerous human infectious diseases in the world, which claimed an estimated half a billion lives [1]. Smallpox reached the territory of Northeastern Siberia in the middle of the 17th century. It was spread by people from the European part of the Russian Empire. The devastating epidemics of smallpox led to the verge of extinction of entire tribal communities and small ethnic groups, especially in the Arctic. The article analyzes literary and archival materials on the history of smallpox and folk remedies used for the prevention of smallpox in the territory of Northeastern Siberia, particularly in Yakutia. |
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The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it |
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The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it |
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The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it |
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The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it |
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The epidemic of smallpox in Northeastern Siberia and the first attempts to prevent it |
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