In these dire days, when fear of epidemic is great, it seems peculiar to have found pleasure in reading a book about smallpox in the 18th century, early attempts at inoculation and two heroic ...

This is a great data-driven short documentary by Neil Halloran about how smallpox was eradicated from the face of the Earth.

His name? Edward Jenner. For over three thousand years, smallpox devasted mankind. In 18th century Europe, this ‘speckled monster’ killed roughly 400,000 people every year, and for centuries ...

Smallpox had previously swept across the high plains from Mexico in the late 18th century, ravaging the Mandan and other tribes such as the Ojibwa, Pawnee and Arikara, whose population fell by as ...

Jenner lived in England when smallpox was at its height ... charming chap called Dr John Hunter - was also a big cheese in 18th century medicine. Hunter was a real surgery boffin and he made ...