• The Pox that Changed Medicine

  • May 6 2023
  • Length: 41 mins
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  • Smallpox is no joke. Having just experienced a world-wide pandemic of a virulent virus, we have a little more inkling about what people in the past faced with smallpox, but nowhere near on the same scale. Smallpox, while eradicated as an infectious agent at large, remains one of the deadliest diseases yet known. In this episode our guest, Lucy Abell, discusses just how dreadful smallpox was to historic populations, but also how smallpox was the inspiration behind our modern understanding of infections and vaccines.

    Intro Music: Zac Bell

    Transition Music: Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre Op. 20, The University of Chicago Orchestra

    Exit Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana
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