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Watercolour showing results of smallpox and cowpox innoculation

George Kirtland, 1802

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Left arm showing smallpox (left) and cowpox inoculation on day 16. Two of a series of 30 comparative water colours of smallpox and cowpox inoculation.

Watercolour showing results of smallpox and cowpox innoculation by Wellcome Library / Wellcome Images is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License .
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