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The Whig Standard
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Smallpox outbreak in De Soto County, Mississippi, caused by a 'Steam Doctor' using deceptive vaccine matter mixed with virus and milk, leading to several deaths and widespread alarm after a preacher also inoculated dozens.
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We learn from the Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle that the people of De Soto county, Mississippi, are dreadfully afflicted with the Small Pox, with which they have been inoculated by a Steam Doctor. An individual very improperly quizzed the latter by telling him that the only way to obtain Vaccine matter was to take the small pox virus and mix it with new milk. The Steamer did so, and with the most lamentable results. Several persons have died of the disease. A travelling preacher obtained some of the same material, and inoculated twenty or thirty persons. The result has been dreadful in the extreme. The whole country is in the most painful alarm and consternation. And all to gratify some contemptible fellow's desire to quiz!
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De Soto County, Mississippi
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several persons have died of the disease. the result has been dreadful in the extreme. the whole country is in the most painful alarm and consternation.
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The people of De Soto county, Mississippi, are afflicted with Small Pox inoculated by a Steam Doctor. An individual quizzed the Steam Doctor by telling him to mix small pox virus with new milk to obtain Vaccine matter. The Steam Doctor did so, leading to lamentable results. A travelling preacher obtained some of the same material and inoculated twenty or thirty persons.