Smallpox: the “Speckled Monster”
“The speckled monster” is an old name for smallpox. Photo by J. B. Byles, in T. F. Ricketts, “The Diagnosis of Smallpox” (London, 1908)…
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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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