Brooklyn Health Dept. Hires Medical Tyrant Taylor Emery to Solve Smallpox Breakout
When smallpox reappeared in Brooklyn in 1893 after an absence of several years, many health officials were frustrated that they had no legal authority to …
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Did the British use Smallpox as a Weapon During the Revolutionary War?
On Dec. 4, 1775, Washington informed Congress that the British were sending civilians infected with smallpox out of the city: “By recent information … General …