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J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:802 doi:10.1136/jech.56.11.802
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Francisco Xavier Balmis (1753–1819), a pioneer of international vaccination

  1. J Tuells
  1. Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr J Tuells;
 tuells{at}ua.es

    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.

    Born in Alicante, Spain, a physician and army surgeon Francisco Xavier Balmis, was the author of the first translation into Spanish of Moreau de La Sarthe’s book on vaccine. In his edition, Balmis added a foreword to make the book more complete and …

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