The smallpox epidemic in 1721 spread between 5,889 Bostonians and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 deaths
They started drinking vinegar, eating crushed minerals, arsenic, or mercury to try to avoid it. Sitting close to a fire also or in a sewer to drive out the fever, or fumigating the house with herbs to be able to purify the air.
Between Mexico City the stuff he said ^
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