The smallpox was always present, filling the churchyards with corpses, tormenting with constant fears all whom it had stricken, leaving on those whose lives it spared the hideous traces of its power, turning the babe into a changeling at which the mother shuddered, and making the eyes and cheeks of the bighearted maiden objects of horror to the lover.
– T.B. Macaulay
additional interesting links:
- History of Vaccines, a Project of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- Smallpox Epidemic in the United States from 1775-1782
- Interactive Map of the World's Deadliest Outbreaks
- Contagion: Infographic providing brief history of malaria, leprosy, and smallpox
- Blog on Diseases and Infectious Diseases (emphasizing history in relation to disease outbreak and plagues)
- Film: Smallpox on the use of smallpox as a biological weapon
about the page
The purpose of this website is to provide information on smallpox, but primarily to facilitate learning about history of medicine and history of disease through various platforms. My primary source of information was Smallpox and its Eradication as well as Princes and Peasants. I also consulted various other academic resources such as journal articles, the Centers for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization, which are cited throughout the page. I have also included additional infographics, Youtube Videos, Wikipedia articles, and websites as part of this page. I believed this would provide a deeper information basis, and would provide a more comprehensive approach to this topic.
On this page I have included data, images and an timeline. My goal was to make this website as interactive as possible to provide a fulfilling learning experience. This page was developed as a project for an undergraduate course, History on the Web. Through initiating a stronger connection with the viewer and a content, through graphing and timeline programs used, I believe that this project encompasses some components of the developing history on the internet field.
On this page I have included data, images and an timeline. My goal was to make this website as interactive as possible to provide a fulfilling learning experience. This page was developed as a project for an undergraduate course, History on the Web. Through initiating a stronger connection with the viewer and a content, through graphing and timeline programs used, I believe that this project encompasses some components of the developing history on the internet field.
about the author
My name is Lauren Miceli. I am a third year History and Biology (BASc.) student at the University of Windsor. This unique degree has allowed me to pursue both my historical interests and interests in medicine. I was initially drawn to this topic because of interests in Immunology and Disease Control. Luckily, these interests overlapped with my passion for European history. My goal is to leave an interactive and useful tool for students through this project, as part of the History department's History on the Web class (02-43-397). With the increase of history on the web, especially in the form of mass media projects (as seen in the various links above), I thought it was important to familiarize myself with various technologies available on the web.