Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island. New York, New York Been Here Want to go Add to List Added to list Annetta Black/Atlas Obscura About Few diseases have had a greater impact on the history of human civilization than smallpox. ...
Richard Mead and Hans Sloane were also celebrated collectors. As one of the British Museum’s first three under-librarians from 1756, Maty received Sloane’s natural history collections as well as the Royal Library given by George II in 1757. Meanwhile Maty gained international recognition in Ber...
Self-assessed health history relative to smallpox vaccination Fifty-two percent of respondents reported having been previously vaccinated against smallpox, 36% said they had not, while 12% weren't sure. Of those < 30 years of age, 11% reported having been vaccinated; of those ≥ 30, 23% r...