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In this image provided by the American Ancestors & New England Historic Genealogical Society, a digitized copy of a page from a handwritten 18th century diary by the Rev. Ebenezer Storer, during a period of smallpox, in Boston, shows an April 1764 entry that includes a prayer Storer wrote weeks after arranging to have his own children inoculated. In the prayer, Storer gives thanks for the recovery of family members from the disease. (American Ancestors & New England Historic Genealogical Society via AP)
Old Records Shed New Light on Smallpox Outbreaks in 1700s
  • 21 May 2021
Three centuries later, the parallels with the coronavirus pandemic are uncanny.
  • AP News
Old Records Shed New Light on Smallpox Outbreaks in 1700s
HIstorical photograph of two boys exposed to smallpox, one who had been vaccinated and one who had not.
Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?
  • 13 June 2018
In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of...
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Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?
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