The Importance of Inoculation

Mary was a british aristocrat raised in the late 16 hundreds on a massive collection of books. She defied her father's wishes, gave up his support to mary for love - or maybe at least to mARY for romance. After giving birth to their first child, she contracted smallpox. Although she did survive, she was scarred, both emotionally and physically. Her husband had been appointed ambassador to turkey. Was introduced to the practice of inoculation, or graftment, to prevent small pox. Due to her connections with royalty and nobility, it led to increasing acceptance of the procedure throughout europe. Response was divided, acceptance and anger,. And inoculation did come with