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Dec 31, 2014 · The smallpox epidemic that struck Boston in 1721 was one of the most deadly of the century in colonial America, but was also the catalyst for ...
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The Boston Smallpox Epidemic, 1721. Between April and December 1721, 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 ...
In 1721, Boston experienced its worst outbreak of smallpox (also known as variola). 5,759 people out of around 10,600 in Boston were infected and 844 were ...
1721 Boston smallpox outbreak

1721 Boston smallpox outbreak

In 1721, Boston experienced its worst outbreak of smallpox. 5,759 people out of around 10,600 in Boston were infected and 844 were recorded to have died between April 1721 and February 1722. Wikipedia
Start date: April 1721
Location: Boston
Deaths: 844
Disease: Smallpox
Index case: British sailor disembarking HMS Seahorse
Virus strain: Variola major

Jun 26, 2017 · In 1721, smallpox broke out in Boston, threatening to devastate the City. Zabdiel Boylston, a Boston doctor, learned of the smallpox inoculation ...
Eighteenth-century America was very susceptible to epidemic outbreaks of disease due to the provincial character, small population, and limited resources of ...
Thus, when smallpox broke out in Boston in 1721, the town had nearly a hundred years experience with the disease but few practices that could pre- vent the ...
Jan 9, 2024 · Colonial Boston had faced many smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1700s, the most severe of which occurred in 1721, 1752, 1764, and 1775. During ...
... 1721, the most serious controversy the newspaper addressed was a medical one. As a smallpox epidemic raged in Boston, its ministers and physicians stood ...
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Sep 24, 2016 · A new book chronicles how a smallpox epidemic, the knowledge of a slave and political unrest changed US history and medical science.
A review of the events incident to the smallpox epidemic in Boston in 1721 will illustrate the degree to which some reputable men of science depended on the ...
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