Read about John Hurty and the wider scope of eugenics in Indiana in our September 2010 issue. #Indiana #PublicHealth #eugenics #sterilization #Skystorians #IUScholarWorks

In "Indiana's Public Health Pioneer and History's Iron Pen," Burek Pierce examines Hurty's innovations in public health as well as his advocacy for eugenic principles and practices. #IUScholarWorks #PublicHealth #Indiana #eugenics #sterilization #Skystorians

Read William G. Eidson's "Confusion, Controversy, and Quarantine" in our December 1990 issue. #IUScholarWorks #vaccines #PublicHealth #Muncie #Indiana #Skystorians

Ten thousand of the 22,000 citizens in Muncie were eventually vaccinated. 150 people contracted smallpox; 22 died. Read William Eidson's "Confusion, Controversy, and Quarantine" in our December 1990 issue. #IUScholarWorks #epidemics #vaccination #Muncie #smallpox

Find out more in "Confusion, Controversy, and Quarantine: The Muncie Smallpox Epidemic of 1893" by William Eidson, in our December 1990 issue, available online through IU ScholarWorks. #vaccines #smallpox #Muncie #ProjectMuse #IUScholarWorks