Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak. Their varying responses constitute an eerily prescient object lesson for today's ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Andrew Wehrman answers questions related to his talk about how inoculation became a sought-after medical procedure in the 18th century and ...
Dr. Benjamin Franklin became a passionate advocate for smallpox inoculation after his son died of the disease in 1736. The great scourge of Thomas Jefferson’s era (1743-1826) was smallpox. Historians ...
WITH the world’s attention on vaccines, now feels like a good moment to sing the praises of an often forgotten contributor to their development. Three hundred years ago this month, Lady Mary Wortley ...
Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak. Their varying responses constitute an eerily prescient object lesson for today’s ...
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