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Smallpox
Smallpox Small"pox`, n. [Small + pox, pocks.] (Med.)
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized
by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at
first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first
flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and
finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often
leaving a pit, or scar.
Meaning of Smallpox from wikipedia
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Smallpox was an
infectious disease caused by
Variola virus (often
called Smallpox virus),
which belongs to the
genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally...
- The
smallpox vaccine is used to
prevent smallpox infection caused by the
variola virus. It is the
first vaccine to have been
developed against a contagious...
- The
history of
smallpox extends into pre-history.
Genetic evidence suggests that the
smallpox virus emerged 3,000 to 4,000
years ago.
Prior to that, similar...
- The
Smallpox Hospital,
sometimes referred to as the
Renwick Smallpox Hospital and
later the
Maternity and
Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital...
- In 1978, an
outbreak of
smallpox in the
United Kingdom resulted in the
death of
Janet Parker, a
British medical photographer, who
became the last recorded...
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Smallpox Bay is a bay on the west side of San Juan
Island in the U.S.
state of Washington.
Smallpox Bay was
named for the fact that a
group of indigenous...
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physician and
scientist who
pioneered the
concept of
vaccines and
created the
smallpox vaccine, the world's
first vaccine. The
terms vaccine and
vaccination are...
- The
history of
smallpox in
Mexico spans approximately 430
years from the
arrival of the
Spanish to the
official eradication in 1951. It was
brought to...
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Smallpox was a
variable yet
often fatal viral infectious disease. Even with good nursing, it
regularly killed around 30% of
recognised cases.
Though widespread...
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Smallpox 2002:
Silent Weapon is a
fictional docudrama produced by Wall to Wall,
showing how a
single act of
bioterrorism leads to
terrifying consequences...
