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The JECH gallery
Francisco Xavier Balmis (1753–1819), a pioneer of international vaccination
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  1. J Tuells
  1. Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr J Tuells;
 tuells{at}ua.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.56.11.802

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    Photograph of a bronze bust of Balmis donated by the Rotary Club of Mexico City to the Faculty of Medicine in Alicante. Photo by Eduardo Lastres.

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