The Speckled Monster

Hemorrhagic Smallpox

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Hemorrhagic Smallpox

The rarest and most lethal form of smallpox…

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New Evidence

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New Evidence

Since writing “The Speckled Monster,” I’ve located the trial records of all six prisoners who took part in the Royal experiments…

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Louis-Léopold Boilly, The Vaccination

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Louis-Léopold Boilly, The Vaccination

The cover of “The Speckled Monster” features Boilly’s 1807 painting “The Vaccination” (The Wellcome Library, London)…

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