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1 juillet 2022
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Giulia Iannuzzi, « Jefferson and smallpox in late-18th century North America », Geographies of Time, ID : 10.58079/prz9
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The interest that the expedition led by Lewis and Clark cultivated in medical knowledge and in the observation and treatment of contagious diseases such as smallpox and syphilis was largely due to Thomas Jefferson. The correspondences between the protagonists allow us to reconstruct in detail various aspects of cultural as well as logistic planning in the preparation of the expedition, with the extensive involvement of Jefferson, who gave Lewis, already his secretary, minute indications for ...