Sandvik H
Seksjon for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1993 Jun 30;113(17):2096-8.
Smallpox caused devastating epidemics in Bergen and surrounding areas down to the early 19th century. A few attempts at variolisation were performed after 1765, and vaccination started in Bergen during a new wave of smallpox in 1803. The more distant rural parish of Manger did not start vaccination until 1829, and was heavily struck by the 1803 epidemic. That year, 208 died out of a total population of 3500. In 1859 Manger again experienced a serious smallpox epidemic. The local doctor ordered mass vaccination, but the peasants were uncooperative, and the campaign was even sabotaged by the assistant vaccinator. Eventually, 27 people died of smallpox that year, the last persons ever to die of smallpox in Manger.
直到19世纪初，天花在卑尔根及其周边地区引发了毁灭性的流行病。1765年后曾有几次进行人痘接种的尝试，1803年在新一轮天花疫情期间卑尔根开始接种疫苗。更为偏远的芒厄乡村教区直到1829年才开始接种疫苗，在1803年的疫情中遭受重创。那年，在3500人的总人口中，有208人死亡。1859年，芒厄再次遭遇严重的天花疫情。当地医生下令进行大规模接种，但农民并不配合，接种行动甚至遭到了助理接种员的破坏。最终，那年有27人死于天花，他们是芒厄最后一批死于天花的人。
