Rev. Cotton Mather and the 18th-Century Battle Over Smallpox Inoculation
One of the most fascinating battles between opposing views about variolation occurred during the New England smallpox epidemic of 1721. When a ship brought smallpox to Boston, authorities responded by ordering a cleaning of the streets and isolation of cases. It did not work.
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