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Wikipedia: "In March 2004 smallpox scabs were found tucked inside an envelope in a book on Civil War medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The envelope was labeled

by mrbill 12y ago

Wikipedia: "In March 2004 smallpox scabs were found tucked inside an envelope in a book on Civil War medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The envelope was labeled as containing scabs from a vaccination and gave scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an opportunity to study the history of smallpox vaccination in the U.S."

rdtsc 12y ago
Ah thank you. That's the story I remember!
moioci 12y ago
So these scabs would be the product of infection with vaccinia and not variola, if my understanding is correct.