First Vaccination – Bolivia – Primera Vacuna

Juan Jose Toro, Los Tiempos The first vaccination In the days before and after the founding of Bolivia, Antonio José de Sucre was a tremendously busy man. His voluminous correspondence, greater than Bolívar’s at that time, shows that he was the one who carried the greatest weight in the organization of the country. Among his…

The odyssey of children that brought smallpox vaccine in their bodies

Ivone Juarez reports for Pagina Siete: The odyssey of children that brought smallpox vaccine in their bodies The Spanish doctor Jose Salvany was part of the crusade that brought the cure to the country. He died in Cochabamba, in misery. In 1779, the military doctor Francisco Xavier de Balmis witnessed the havoc that smallpox had…