-
patient or a
recently variolated individual, in the hope that a mild, but protective,
infection would result. Only 1–2% of
those variolated died from the intentional...
- for the small-pox in 1767, Dr
Thomas Dimsdale was
invited to
Russia to
variolate the
Empress Catherine the
Great of
Russia and her son,
Grand Duke Paul...
- her
children variolated as well but
first wanted more
validation of the operation. She had both an
orphanage and
several convicts variolated before she...
-
considered pretty as her face had been
disfigured as a
result of
being variolated. She was a
talented pianist, for
which her
paternal grandmother, Catherine...
- who had
witnessed variolation in Turkey, had her four-year-old
daughter variolated in the
presence of
physicians of the
Royal Court in 1721 upon her return...
-
motivated Puritan minister Cotton Mather and
physician Zabdiel Boylston to
variolate hundreds of
Bostonians as part of the
Thirteen Colonies'
earliest experiment...
-
successfully variolated in
Constantinople under the
supervision of
Charles Maitland. When she
returned to
England in 1721, she had her
daughter variolated by Maitland...
-
Natural experiment in
inoculation around Boston, 1721
Total Died %
Mortality Variolated c. 300 6 c. 2%
Unvariolated c. 6000 c. 1000 "about 14%"...
- to
Maria Theresa's 1768
decision to have
younger members of the
family variolated, and the
subsequent acceptance of the
practice in Austria.
Joseph was...
- 1718 she had her son, aged five
variolated. He
recovered quickly. She
returned to
London and had her
daughter variolated in 1721 by
Charles Maitland, during...
