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During the time of Marie Antoinette, faux beauty marks concealed blemishes caused by this disease aka Variola major |
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MAKEUP THROUGH HISTORY |
2025-04-21 |
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An epidemic of this disease, variola major, helped Cortes & company conquer a thickly populated Tenochtitlan |
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16th CENTURY STUFF |
2024-05-01 |
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Prior to becoming general of the Continental Army, George Washington caught this disease & bore the scars for life |
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HISTORY |
2023-05-18 |
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In the 1700s Lady Mary Wortley Montagu popularized inoculation against this deadly disease known for skin lesions |
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HISTORIC HAPPENINGS |
2022-09-19 |
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This disease that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone was declared eradicated in 1980 |
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HOPEFUL HISTORY |
2021-03-17 |
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This disease of little sores on the skin nearly wiped out North Dakota's "Three Tribes" in 1837 |
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HISTORIC TRIOS |
2018-11-20 |
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The April 17, 1722 inoculation of 2 daughters of the Prince of Wales against this made the practice widely accepted |
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AN HISTORIC OCCASION |
2008-05-05 |
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The last known natural case of this disease was reported in 1977 in Somalia |
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THE 1970s |
1994-06-24 |
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In the 18th C. about 60 million people died from this disease for which a vaccine was found in 1796 |
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MEDICAL HISTORY |
1990-01-26 |
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In 1796, Edward Jenner began a new era of preventative medicine by inducing immunity to this |
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MEDICAL HISTORY |
1987-09-21 |
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