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knowledge of the medical beliefs of rural nineteenth-century Americans). D. A. Henderson, a man whom I have never met (but about whom I have read a great deal due to his leadership of the World Health Organization’s smallpox eradication program), generously read the manuscript and provided expert comments. Like most people today, I have never seen a case of smallpox, and it was both intimidating and rewarding to be able to share this project with a scientist who knows the disease and its ways so well.
    Laura Stickney at the Penguin Press has been an ideal editor for this book. As fluent as she is smart, she has edited with a sharp eye and a light hand. I am also grateful to my outstanding agent, Geri Thoma, for her unflagging support and for helping me find my way in the world of trade publishing.
    I owe everything to my family.
    Art and Lynne Bookstein have given me steady, unconditional support since I married their beautiful daughter fifteen years ago. Many thanks to Dari Pillsbury, who is a great friend and our in-house photographer extraordinaire.
    Through their steadfast love, encouragement, and the example of their own lives and work, my parents, Mason Willrich and the late Patricia Rowe Willrich, nurtured my passions for reading, writing, and teaching, and I thank them both for everything. I also wish to thank Wendy Webster Willrich for her support. I am deeply grateful to my siblings and their wonderful partners—Chris and Susan, Stephen and Kelly, and Kate and Erik—for challenging me and supporting me through the years. You’re an amazing family, and I am lucky to have you. I’ll see you soon on Stinson Beach.
    I have saved my greatest debts for last, knowing words will never be enough. Max and Emily, I am so proud of you both. Thank you for your constant reminders of the things that really matter. I love you. And Wendy Jayne Willrich, you know I couldn’t have done it without you. You know the tune: “I’m giving you a longing look....” With respect, gratitude, and the deepest love, I dedicate this book to you.
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    Wellesley, Massachusetts

Index

    Abeel v. Clark
    abolitionism
    abortion
    Adams, E. J.
    Adams, John
    Adams v. Burdge
    Addams, Jane
    administrative power
    African Americans
    Birmingham outbreak and
    civil rights of
    close living conditions of
    compulsory vaccination and
    epidemics of 1898–1903 and
    equal protection clause and
    health of
    life expectancy of
    Middlesboro outbreak and
    as miners
    mistrust of white medicine
    occupations of
    as physicians
    scapegoating of
    smallpox as disease of
    vaccination rate
    as vaccine refusers
    Wertenbaker on
    whites and. See race/racism
    in Wilmington outbreak
    Aguinaldo, Emilio
    Alabama See also specific places
    Alaska
    alastrim
    Alden, C. H.
    Alexander Company
    Alger, Cyrus
    Alger, Russell A.
    Allgeyer v. Louisiana
    All Nations Block
    American Association, Inc.
    American Association, Ltd.
    American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record
    American Medical Association
    American Medicine
    American Tobacco Company
    Amerige, C. W.
    Ames, Azel
    Ames, John
    Anderson, Scott
    anti-imperialism
    antimonopoly
    antivaccinationism/antivaccinationists
    abolitionism and
    antimonopoly resentments and
    in Boston
    in California
    in Cambridge, Massachusetts
    children’s welfare and
    Christian Scientists as
    as civil disobedience
    data used by
    as dissenting political speech
    effect on public opinion
    in England
    faith healers as
    history of
    Jacobson decision and
    lack of coordination among
    laws
    lawsuits. See vaccination lawsuits
    lawyers specializing in
    legislation
    literature of
    medical licensing and
    modern
    Mormons and
    opposition to
    other causes espoused by
    parents as
    physicians and
    as political act
    post- Jacobson
    progressiveness and, relationship between
    prosecution for
    radical libertarianism and
    reasons for
    significance of
    smallpox solutions offered by
    social class of
    societies of See also specific societies
    of