Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
In the early 18th century, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu went to Turkey when her husband was made England’s ambassador to that country. She wrote extensive letters about the exotic city of Constantinople and the lives of the Turks. She was particularly fascinated by the way they controlled smallpox: by a process called variolation.
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