The Boston Globe, May 11th, 2003
More than two decades after the World Health Organization declared the global eradication of smallpox, concern that it could be used as a biological weapon is mounting. After a hiatus of 30 years, the vaccine responsible for that eradication is being drafted into service in the United States at a time when specific vaccines, and immunization in general, are being viewed with suspicion. As we resume smallpox immunization in the United States, it is timely to recall its controversial introduction to the American Colonies by Boston physician Zabdiel Boylston almost 300 years ago. Born in 1679, Za...
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