The mortality from smallpox had declined, but the regular occurrence of epidemics indicated that the disease was still not under control. In the 1950s many countries implemented various control measures, and smallpox was finally eradicated in many areas in Europe and North America (4).

3 weeks ago - Overshadowed by British and French Imperialism, the small-scale colonialism of some of the Nordic countries can all too easily be downplayed. From the 19th century, the self-image of the Nordic countries as a group of small, neutral nations has probably perpetuated this misconception.

Smallpox and its eradication was published by WHO in 1988 (ISBN: 92 4 156110 6). It contains illustrative material both from WHO and from other published sources, as indicated. In the case of the latter, the copyright holders granted WHO permission to reproduce their material in this book · ...

March 25, 2022 - A practice introduced to American colonists by an enslaved African has saved countless millions around the world from dying of smallpox.

During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777.

New York University PhD student Elise A. Mitchell talks about her project ‘Smallpox and Slavery: Morbidity, Medical Intervention, and Enslaved People's Lives in the Greater Caribbean’.

Introduction: Smallpox epidemic strikes the refreshment station at the Cape, after arriving with the crew on a Dutch ship. The disease wreaks irreparable havoc amongst the indigenous and colonist population of the Cape Peninsula and adjacent interior. Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan people.

1 month ago - Smallpox vaccine was successfully maintained in cattle starting in the 1840s, and calf lymph vaccine became the leading smallpox vaccine in the 1880s. First-generation vaccines grown on the skin of live animals were widely distributed in the 1950s–1970s to eradicate smallpox.

February 3, 2021 - "Smallpox Eradication: African Origin, African Solutions, and Relevance for COVID-19†" published on 03 Feb 2021 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Jim Green, Librarian · The most dreaded disease in Colonial America was not the black death but smallpox. It came with the first settlers, some of whom had acquired immunity in Europe, and it devastated indigenous peoples, who had none. The mortality rate in some Native communities approached ...

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by the variola virus. The disease arrived in what is now Canada with French settlers in the early 17th century. Indigen...

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In the first years of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and his Continental Army faced a threat that proved deadlier than the British: a smallpox epidemic, lasting from 1775-1782.

Edward Jenner's work on smallpox, published in 1797, was the first time that any scientific findings about vaccination were presented to the wider medical community.

Today’s COVID-19 pandemic offers many similarities with previous pandemics hitting our country. In particular, the smallpox epidemics during the 1700s threatened the lives of multitudes and created panic and fear in the society, similar to the ...

May 13, 2024 - Cape Town’s colonial history is one of conflict, disease, slavery, and racism but also of opportunity, hope, and emancipation.

Prisoners and abandoned children had live smallpox virus, in the form of pus, inserted under their skin. They survived and several months later were exposed to the disease, which none of them contracted. Variolation was then used across western Europe. In April 1789, 15 months after the First Fleet arrived to establish a penal colony ...

The History of Smallpox Epidemics in Sri Lanka: Humanity’s Triumph over a Global Scourge · November 25, 2020 · Categories: Volume 1 Issue 1 · T. M. Zameer-Careem · View Fullscreen · Global Narratives, Local Realities: Probing Issues of Justice through Theatre Translation as Renarration

Smallpox and its eradication was published by WHO in 1988 (ISBN: 92 4 156110 6). It contains illustrative material both from WHO and from other published sources, as indicated. In the case of the latter, the copyright holders granted WHO permission to reproduce their material in this book · ...