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Jenner, cowpox, smallpox, and the first vaccine

Ana Ana
Thu Sep 14 13:56:04 EST 1995


Mark:
I have also read about variolation used mainly for cosmetic purposes. Voltaire wrote specifically of the 
inhabitants of the Caucasus Mountains doing it that way. But  I also found that "travelers in the 
Causasus could not confirm Voltaire’s story at a later date." (Behbehani, A.M. (1988) The Smallpox 
Story. In Words and Pictures. The University of Kansas Medical Center).  Maybe it didn’t hurt being 
safe (against smallpox) and pretty at the same time...


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