Ep 21 Measles: The Worst Souvenir
This Podcast Will Kill You
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Cotton Mather's Diary
Measles and smallpox are considered to be the two big killers of Native American populations. And our good friend, Cotton Mather, you remember him? Why does that name sound familiar? Smallpox? Oh, I have such a hard time airing with the names and the dates and the thing. Anyway, well, poor Cotton lost his wife, three children and his maid to measles in a span of two weeks.
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