This content was created by Maren Ehlers. The last update was by Kate McDonald.
Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian HistoryMain MenuGet to Know the SiteGuided TourShow Me HowA click-by-click guide to using this siteModulesRead the seventeen spatial stories that make up Bodies and Structures 2.0Tag MapExplore conceptsComplete Grid VisualizationDiscover connectionsGeotagged MapFind materials by geographic locationLensesCreate your own visualizationsWhat We LearnedLearn how multivocal spatial history changed how we approach our researchAboutFind information about contributors and advisory board members, citing this site, image permissions and licensing, and site documentationTroubleshootingA guide to known issuesAcknowledgmentsThank youDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThis project was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Depiction of Vaccination Tools
1media/Naika Hiroku, Containers (1)_thumb.jpg2020-01-12T22:04:08-05:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31d357From the textbook "Naika hiroku," vol. 14, by Honma Sōken, physician of Mito domain, 1866plain2021-08-31T18:32:11-04:001866Waseda University Kotenseki Database, https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/ya09/ya09_00777/ya09_00777_0014/ya09_00777_0014.html.2020011221502920200112215029Waseda University Library.Used with permission.Maren EhlersME-0006Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
This illustration from the textbook Naika hiroku by Honma Sōken, physician of Mito domain, shows a bandage, a vaccination lancet, and two containers used for vaccines in Japan in the 1860s. The glass bottle on top was intended for storing dried scabs, whereas the tin was intended for fresh lymph or to dissolve ground-up scabs in water in preparation of vaccination. The author deemed both glass and tin containers as suitable for storing cowpox scabs. If sealed well, he estimated the virus to remain viable in them for twenty to thirty days.
For more detail on these and other containers, go to the pathway Long-Distance Transmission.
.jpg){kind=link}