Smallpox: the “Speckled Monster”
Smallpox was a hideous disease that made its victims unrecognizably monstrous, and many died in agony. The terror it fueled was intense…
Read MoreOne Big Sore: Confluent Smallpox
Pustules grew so thick that they congealed into one massive sore. Skin sometimes sloughed off in sheets…
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