• S1E4: Ep 4 Smallpox Pathology | A Pox On Both Your Houses

  • Jul 27 2020
  • Length: 31 mins
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S1E4: Ep 4 Smallpox Pathology | A Pox On Both Your Houses

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  • ** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode **

    Smallpox was a devastating disease described as the scourge of the world.

    The Variola virus was responsible for countless deaths from antiquity to the twentieth century and left most survivors with lifelong scars.

    Using Variolation, a primitive form of vaccination, our ancestors attempted to blunt the full force of Smallpox infections.

    However, it wasn’t until the twentieth century and using modern day vaccination techniques that we were able to achieve a monumental milestone and eradicate this disease. 

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