Mortality data, risk probability, and the psychology of assent in the enlightenment smallpox debate
David Spadafora LOCATION PENDING Nicolas de Largillière, Portrait of Voltaire, ca. 1724. Source. The present health crisis is hardly the first to provoke significant controversy about preventing and treating widespread disease. Controversy over epidemic-related data, its reliability, and its uses has a long history. So does concern about the psychological elements involved in securing […]