Keywords: smallpox
Item 31710
Notice about Vaccinations, Scarborough, 1902-1903
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1902 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 33350
Dr. Benjamin Page, Jr., Hallowell, 1844
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1844 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War
Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.
Exhibit
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page
"He is credited with being the first physician to inoculate human with the smallpox vaccine in Maine."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!
"… of a cowpox vaccine, as a preventative against smallpox. Just a pin prick! A close-up of Gilray's image of vaccination! X The Cow Pock…"
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
