Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 04: Child Pox: 1711

Video narrated by Andrew Chater in which he takes us on a journey through time when smallpox ravaged the indigenous populations of North America, claiming the life of Pocahontas among many others. [3:27]

Takes us through the chronological history of the deadly disease of smallpox from its first known inception in ancient Egypt, 1045 BC, to its defeat in modern times. [3:46]

Video detailing the 1796 breakthrough in Smallpox prevention when an English doctor makes a connection between Smallpox and Cowpox and then develops a vaccine for Smallpox. [3:00]

Andrew Chater talks about the Smallpox disease today in this video and raises the question of what we should ultimately do with the virus that is being kept still in Russia and in the U.S. [3:40]

Tells the story of years of backlash against Smallpox vaccines and how government policy making them mandatory was finally enforced. [2:54]

Video on the backlash and superstition surrounding vaccination against Smallpox in early 19th century England. [3:11]

Teaches about an experiment in England's Newgate Prison which introduced a weakened version of the Smallpox virus to prisoners with good results, advancing our understanding of immunology. [4:25]

Looks at the final efforts and success of the World Health Organization's strategy to eradicate the smallpox disease in developing countries. [5:20]

Discusses the backlash against vaccinating babies for Smallpox and the subsequent intervention by the government making inoculation mandatory. [3:10]

Video revealing the impact that Smallpox had on human lives and families in 18th-century Britain from an example in Buford, England. [3:56]