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Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government. Gatherer, Derek (Author); Deignan, Alice (Author); Sanderson, Chris (Author). 2023. The Conversation.

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Gatherer, D, Deignan, A & Sanderson, C, Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government., 2023, Blog, The Conversation. <https://theconversation.com/victorian-britain-had-its-own-anti-vaxxers-and-they-helped-bring-down-a-government-218671>

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Gatherer, D. (Author), Deignan, A. (Author), & Sanderson, C. (Author). (2023). Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government.. Blog, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/victorian-britain-had-its-own-anti-vaxxers-and-they-helped-bring-down-a-government-218671

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Gatherer D (Author), Deignan A (Author), Sanderson C (Author). Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government. The Conversation. 2023.

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Gatherer, Derek (Author) ; Deignan, Alice (Author) ; Sanderson, Chris (Author). / Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government.. [Blog].

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