Juan José Heydeck, un alemán en la corte de Carlos IV: experimentos contra la viruela

Abstract

RESUMENEn los primeros años del siglo XIX, Juan José Heydeck propone la realización de unos experimentos con el pus de cabras en lugar del pus de vacas, para luchar contra las viruelas naturales. Estos experimentos requerían un número indeterminado de niños donde verificarlos. En España, el pus de cabras sería una alternativa al pus de vaca. En estos territorios era difícil encontrar el pus de vacas. Esta iniciativa del pus hircino no tuvo el éxito esperado.PALABRAS CLAVE: Vacuna, Viruela, Juan José Heydeck, España, experimentos científicos, siglo XIX. SUMMARYFirst years of the XIX century, Juan José Heydeck proposes the realization of the experiments with the pus of the goats instead of the pus of the cows, for combat the smallpox. This experiments require more childrens, where to be verified them. In Spain, the pus of the goats will be the one alternative to the pus of the cows. In this country is dificult fall in with the pus of the cows. This iniciative haven´t the hope results.

The Smallpox Vaccine in Latin America: A New Approach (1801–1804)

“…Later, from Catalonia, the smallpox lymph was taken to Aranjuez and, almost immediately, to Madrid, although the initial results were not as expected, which is why it was necessary to wait until the arrival, on 22 April 1801, of a new consignment of smallpox fluid coming directly from the French capital, sent by the diplomat Luis de Onís, with which the medically trained Félix González, the Court doctor, achieved the expectations he had hoped for in the capital of the kingdom [ 5 ].…”