The Fight Over Inoculation During the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic
On a November day in 1721, a small bomb was hurled through the window of a local Boston Reverend named Cotton Mather. Attached to the explosive, which fortunately did not detonate, was the message: “Cotton Mather, you dog, dam you! I’ll inoculate you with this; with a pox to you.’’ This was not a religiously motivated act of terrorism, but a violent response to Reverend … Continue reading The Fight Over Inoculation During the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic
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