Medical historian for the ages
Or at least, a couple of centuries.
Spent a chunk of this afternoon virtually attending a webinar (actually I suppose one can only attend webinars virtually) on the history of vasectomy in the UK in the later decades of the C20th.
(I hav knowingz and it was actually being practised in the 30s but really only if you knew the name of the right bloke in Harley St and had the moolah.)
We are gratified to report that the work of that there Dr
oursin got a mention.
That there Dr
oursin was also noticeable in the Q&A session, though missed one Q I meant to ask.
I am also, my dearios, somewhat in demand as something of a Nexpert on certain matters medical in the era of Her Gracious Imperial Maj. (It's a lousy job but somebody has to do it, and Sid is not at present involved...)
In the course of doing some light preliminary research, I came across the following, not directly related to what I was looking for, and SIGHED: In the case of smallpox it may be surmised that the fears occasioned by the epidemic of 1858 having induced parents to vaccinate their children produced the comparative immunity of 1860 and 1861; while the health of those years engendered neglect which told adversely in 1863.
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