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Variolation was first brought to Europe's attention by:
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Lady Mary Wortly Montagu
Dr. Emmanuel Timoni |
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Variolation describes the procedure by which, the scab or pus from the scar of a patient infected with small pox is used to inoculate a healthy person for protection.
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True
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The lower incidence of death during the outbreak of the plague in San Francisco may be attributed the type of the flea that spread the disease among the victims
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True
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The 'Royal Experiment' was about testing variolation on some British prisoners, due to be hanged, at Newgate prison in exchange for their freedom.
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True
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In which city the causative bacillus of the plague was discovered?
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The city of Hong Kong
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The earliest records of a pandemic plague is the:
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The Justinian plague
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The variolation techniques used by the Asians and Africans differed from that of the European because the Africans and Asians used monkey pox virus while the European used cowpox virus
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False
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The "Pox" family of viruses are known to to infect a wide variety of animal species. The individual strains of these viruses are named after the species whom they infect, e.g., cow pox, horse pox, chicken pox, etc...
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False
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The third plague pandemic took place in the
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Yunnan province in China
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The lessons learned from the latest break of plague in Surat (India) regarding prevention of wide spread of plague are:
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Control the fleas, then the rats while treating the victims of the plague.
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