In the fight against smallpox. About Mathias Nathanael Wolff's publication "Unterricht gegen die Kinder-Blattern"

Abstract

In the eighteenth century, knowledge about variolization reaches Europe. In Gdańsk Pomerania one of the first phy¬sicians who began to use it was a doctor and astronomer, Mathias Nathanael Wolff. The text discusses the publication he wrote "Unterricht gegen die Kinder-Blattern", which was published in Gdańsk. Its aim was to disseminate variolization by familiarizing readers with its history, execution and recommendations related to this method.

Keywords

• 19th century
• smallpox
• variolization
• medical book
• mathias nathanael wolff