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History of treating against smallpox

2021-02-09 22:07:30.325454+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

The basics of vaccination have been around for millenia, and it's always cool to read histories of when it gets rediscovered: How an Enslaved African Man in Boston Helped Save Generations from Smallpox — In the early 1700s, Onesimus shared a revolutionary way to prevent smallpox.

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