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For anyone else watching The Great, Catherine's interest in variolation is apparently a true story: https://smarthistoryblog.com/2016/10/05/catherine-the-great-
by barrald 6y ago
For anyone else watching The Great, Catherine's interest in variolation is apparently a true story: https://smarthistoryblog.com/2016/10/05/catherine-the-great-risked-her-life-for-science/ https://smarthistoryblog.com/2016/10/05/catherine-the-great-...
- 40four 6y agoFascinating. Since I never paid attention in history class, I'll admit The Great did remind me of this practice. It's interesting people were experimenting with techniques likes this so long ago, when their understanding of medical science was so rudimentary compared to today.
- jcroll 6y agoIt was also done in the HBO John Adams miniseries