Olivia Weisser
History professor specializing in the history of medicine and early modern patient experiences; author of The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London (Cambridge UP, 2026).
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Jan 28, 2026 • 52min
Olivia Weisser, "The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Olivia Weisser, a history professor who studies medicine and early modern patient experiences, explores the lived world of the dreaded pox in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London. She traces hidden voices through recipe books and trade cards. Topics include stigma and visibility, who sold and used cures, domestic treatments, and how the pox shaped courts and urban life.
