Smallpox+Debut

=Smallpox Debut= The effect of smallpox is interwoven throughout history, changing its course, killing generals, kings or decimating their armies smallpox knew no social class. The first case of smallpox is thought to be 1157 BC, as 3 unearthed mummy remains showcase extensive lesions characteristics of the disease. One of these 3 mummies include the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses V. Yet battles and the course of history were determined by the infection of smallpox either purposely or inadvertently.

This Pages bibliography: Image- http://www.pitt.edu/news2009/henderson-smallpox/Smallpox_Ramses_V.jpg Written- Oldstone, M 1998, Viruses, Plagues and History, Oxford University Press, New York, USA