Letters on the English (On Inoculation), by Voltaire
Nov 21, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 895
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The beautiful daughters of the Circassians were in demand for the seraglios of the Turkish Sultan. Voltaire tells how these beauties were protected from smallpox centuries before modern vaccination. (Volume 34, Harvard Classics)
Voltaire ill with smallpox, Nov., 1723.
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