Sore spots : making inoculation American -- General inoculation in Boston -- The Norfolk riots -- The siege of castle pox -- Creating a critical mass -- From rumors to remedies -- George Washington's about-face -- Thirteen scars -- Inoculation nation -- Vaccination pains.
"The author argues that a demand for public solutions during smallpox epidemics of the eighteenth century, especially broad access to inoculation, influenced revolutionary politics and changed the way that Americans understood their health and governmental responsibilities to protect it"--
