The Virus Diaries - Objectivity 240
Brady joins Rupert Baker at The Royal Society to look at how early 18th Century research helped to turn the tide against the deadly smallpox virus. More links below ↓↓↓
For further reading take a look at this Royal Society blog post 'West Africans and the history of smallpox inoculation' which highlights the research of historian Elise A. Mitchell: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2020/10...
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