TIL that in the 1700s, Queen Caroline of Great Britain had smallpox innoculation trialled on six prisoners in return for commuting their death sentences. When this was successful, she innoculated her own children, popularising the process.


TIL that in the 1700s, Queen Caroline of Great Britain had smallpox innoculation trialled on six prisoners in return for commuting their death sentences. When this was successful, she innoculated her own children, popularising the process. https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/05/caroline-ansbach-georgian-queen-who-brought-enlightenment-britain-a pingusbeak January 30, 2019 at 06:45PM

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