at scourge of Europe was the smallpox. Often the disease was as violent as the plague (S474), and carried off nearly as many victims. Medical art

at the Turks were in the habit of inoculating their children for the disease, which rendered

five criminals in Newgate who had been sentenced to the gallows, but were promised their freedom if they would consent to the operation. As

ough the perseverance and good sense of Lady Montagu, with a few others, the new practice gradually gained ground. Subsequently Dr. Jenner began to make experiments of a different kind, which led, late in the century (1796-1