Examining the susceptibility to smallpox in young families in Oxfordshire and the contribution made by local inoculation practice towards controlling the disease, within the context of eighteenth-century medical care. Finstock’s own smallpox airing house was located near White’s Barn. Rosemary is a member of staff at Oxford Brookes University.

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