Terry,

>Is there a Gloucestershire in MA?<

There is a Gloucester in MA ... I have cousins from there.

~~Bonnie



>Whatever...
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>http://www.wfu.edu/users/georja1/Discoveryofthesmallpoxvaccination.html
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>Is there a Gloucestershire in MA?
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>>Actually, I think it was in Boston, MA...
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>>>>... By the way, wasn't it a slave that actually had the idea of giving a sample of an infection to people to build up their immunity? I think his owner got the credit for it though.
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>>>Wasn't that something to do with an English milk maid who had cow-pox on her arms and stuff? She didn't suffer from smallpox or something. They gave a sample of her pox to some kid and he lived through smallpox. Bit vague the memory but essentially along those lines. :-)