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Smallpox -- Vaccination -- Maryland -- Baltimore

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

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Baltimore Smallpox Epidemic collection

 Collection 0321-MDHC
Abstract

The Baltimore Smallpox Epidemic collection comprises correspondence and financial records relating to an epidemic between 1871 and 1882. Topics of interest include smallpox vaccinations, measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, including destruction of clothing and the quarantine of afflicted patients. There is also personal correspondence on the epidemic.