A Woman's Journey - A Memoir of a Young Woman

In 17 21, smallpox was again stalking england. And for some reason, i am no epidemiologist, it was particularly fatal to children. In april of that year, mary sent for her old friend, doctor maitland and asked him to inoculate her daughter who was then three years old. He recommended having other doctors there as witnesses,. Good idea, and he went ahead and performed the operation. Then an absolute parade of doctors cruised through to witness this child playing happily with smallpox bumps on her face. They were just astonished to see how she had just snapped backe. Talk about diplomacy. Rival courts both wanted her around. She managed to navigate