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What exactly is “variolation,” the concept that Lady Mary Montagu promoted?

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What exactly is “variolation,” the concept that Lady Mary Montagu promoted?

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A. Variolation is the technique used to prevent fatal smallpox infection. Scab material from a mild (or less pathogenic) case is administered, in an attempt to give the person a milder case. Once someone has survived smallpox, regardless of the virulence of the virus, one has lifelong immunity.

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