When vaccine scares more than smallpox

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  • The 2nd edition of Dr. William Rowley's anti-vaccine pamphlet depicts cowpox victims, including Ann Davis, who allegedly sprouted horns after vaccination.

  • Two boys got smallpox from the same source on the same day. The one on the right got the vaccine; the one on the left didn't. Photo by Dr. Allan Warner | New Sydenham Society’s Atlas of 1904

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