Mary Montagu and inoculation of smallpox in Englandin the XVIII century

Authors

  • Marina Juliana de Oliveira Soares Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i5.142399

Keywords:

Mary Montagu, Inoculation, Smallpox, Gender, Orientalism

Abstract

When  we  investigate  the  issue  of  inoculation  in  England,  it  is  common  to  find mention of more male names than a woman with a prominent role in the dissemination of this procedure. This is Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), writer and advocate of this method she met in the Ottoman Empire. In the light of the little emphasis given to her in this chapter of the history of medicine, the proposal of this article is to present the figure of Montagu, her personal history  with  smallpox,  her  defense  of  inoculation  procedure  in  England,  and  the  strong opposition suffered by her. Opponents included members of the Royal Society and the College of Physicians, in whose arguments were present derogatory judgments about the Levant and a strong sexist content.

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Author Biography

  • Marina Juliana de Oliveira Soares, Universidade de São Paulo

    Bacharel e Licenciada em História, com Mestrado em Letras Orientais/Árabe e Doutora em História. Desenvolveu pesquisa de Pós-Doutorado em História da Medicina do Período Moderno, no Departamento de História da USP entre 2015 e 2017.

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Published

2018-06-05

Issue

No. 5 (2018)

Section

Dossiê “História das doenças e artes de curar"

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How to Cite

Soares, M. J. de O. (2018). Mary Montagu and inoculation of smallpox in Englandin the XVIII century. Khronos, 5, 12. https://doi.org/10.11606/khronos.v0i5.142399