After a 20-year study, Dr. Kempe recommends abolishing smallpox vaccination. From LearnThat.org. [Dr. Charles Henry Kempe, Source: The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, May 7, 1965]
They often hired out as nurses in smallpox pesthouses, with complete confidence in their immunity. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
Whereas chickenpox virus (varicella) can be spread before the rash occurs, smallpox is only spread after the rash has occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Smallpox Vaccine] Reference
I would expect there to be a very major uproar over this, since smallpox is thought to have been completely removed from the earth. From Wordnik.com. [estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak] Reference
"There used to be a human disease called smallpox," said Calhoun. From Wordnik.com. [This World Is Taboo] Reference
"Why, the smallpox is our Battle of Waterloo, monsieur," she interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchesse De Langeais] Reference
In both instances, I found that the smallpox was the cause of their being. From Wordnik.com. [The People of the Abyss] Reference
In 1919, Higgins called smallpox and typhoid inoculations "medical barbarism.". From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Early and Current Fears about Vaccine Dangers] Reference
MESERVE: I want to ask you about smallpox, which is the thing people in Washington, at least, are talking a great deal about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2001] Reference
Given the lack of a drug therapy for smallpox, the best approach for reducing our vulnerability to smallpox is to expand the available supply of the vaccine. From Wordnik.com. [Scared Of Smallpox] Reference
I suspect that Mather's Quranic citations were used for rather partisan purposes - but I had no idea that the idea of smallpox inoculation came to us from the Ottomans. From Wordnik.com. [A Diamond's Eye View of the World] Reference
How about some of the other threats, such as smallpox for instance?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2002] Reference
Included in the collection are rare illnesses such as smallpox and the Asian flu. From Wordnik.com. [Medical history photos on flickr] Reference
Second, an infectious agent, such as smallpox, could be used to start an epidemic. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Tribes were weakened by European diseases, such as smallpox, for which they had no immunity. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
Other targets such as smallpox, polio, and Guinea worm exist in one reservoir only: sick humans. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Bivens: Cure Millions of Leprosy -- or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break?] Reference
Vaccines, antibiotics and improved living conditions have tamed such killers such as smallpox and diphtheria. From Wordnik.com. [So, How's Your Health?] Reference
Could this mutation also have boosted resistance to an earlier epidemic, such as smallpox or the Black Death?. From Wordnik.com. [Medieval DNA, Modern Medicine] Reference
But with a virus such as smallpox, the animal rule doesn't work because smallpox never infected animals in nature. From Wordnik.com. [A Dangerous Biodefense Path] Reference
This is an eruptive fever and belongs to the class of Exanthematous diseases such as smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Infectious diseases such as smallpox and influenza killed off millions of native Americans who had no resistance to Old World viruses. From Wordnik.com. [O. The End of Prehistory (1500 C.E. to Modern Times)] Reference
Most died from epidemics of new diseases brought by the Europeans, such as smallpox; others were exported for slavery or killed for their land. From Wordnik.com. [Paris On The Amazon] Reference
Then there is a long list of other epidemic diseases, such as smallpox, measles and scarlet fever, the exact cause of which has not been determined. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Although more people have been inoculated against diseases such as smallpox and polio over a period of years, the US has never tried to immunize so many so quickly. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Swine Flu Campaign Waits on Vaccine] Reference
That means taking money away from the development and procurement of antivirals and vaccines that would respond to other important threats, such as smallpox and anthrax. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Levi: Ten Lessons Learned from the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Outbreak] Reference
As disastrous as the explosion of an atomic weapon would be, the strategic use of biological organisms such as smallpox, anthrax or plague could be even more devastating. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Terror] Reference
But, highly contagious diseases (such as smallpox) can cause infection with a minimal of contact because they don't require a huge glob of viral particles to start the infection. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-04-01] Reference
This disease, like other terrible epidemics, such as smallpox and cholera, came from Asia. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the History of Western Europe] Reference
Viruses are often associated with plagues - epidemics accompanied by great mortality, such as smallpox, flu and AIDS. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Section two of said chapter is hereby amended by inserting after the word "smallpox", in the board of cases of smallpox, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference
People have forgotten how much illness and death there was before immunization against diseases such as smallpox, polio, diphtheria and tetanus, says Armstrong. From Wordnik.com. [Winnipeg Sun] Reference
A vial of smallpox from the Centers for Disease Control?. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: My Terrorist Friends] Reference
The great Edward Jenner first used a vaccine in 1796, for smallpox. From Wordnik.com. [Landmarks] Reference
The smallpox virus killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
No evidence was found that Saddam was working on a smallpox weapon, at least within the last 20 years. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney's Cheney] Reference
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