George Washington knew the horrors of smallpox from personal experience. Health officials are welcoming celebrity endorsements of...
History of Smallpox
Introduction The scientific work that led to the discovery of the causes of infections was possibly the...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
Hernán Cortés owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition’s unknown, unseen secret weapon: the smallpox...
Smallpox hits the Aztecs, from the Florentine Codex, Book 12, 16th century / Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence Lecture...
President George Washington’s decision to inoculate the Continental Army against smallpox very likely helped the American Colonies win...