From Variolation to Vaccination
Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · Webb Deane Stevens Museum · Wethersfield, CT
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October 15, 6:00pm. From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825) Forensic anthropologist Anna Dhody traces America’s dramatic shift from dangerous variolation to revolutionary vaccination, revealing a founding-era debate about trust, authority, and what it meant to be American that feels strikingly familiar today. * This lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. Tickets: $15 | $12.50 Virtual | $10 Members https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-from-variolation-to-vaccination-th-tickets-280053
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