title: [Alexandre Reydellet, Navy surgeon (1793-1859): a life devoted to fighting smallpox at Reunion Island].
abstract: After reviewing the history of smallpox throughout the world and of the techniques used to try to prevent it (variolation and then Jenner's vaccine), we describe the epidemics that reached in the Indian Ocean between 1729 and 1859. Alexandre Reydellet, a Navy surgeon under Naoleon, arrived in Réunion in 1815 and stayed until his death in 1859. His energetic vaccination campaigns and their results are depicted.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation polyvalente, CHU de La Réunion, site centre hospitalier Félix-Guyon, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France. bernard.gauzere@chu-reunion.fr
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gaüzère
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D017508:Reunion; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000266:history*