The Last Case of Smallpox in the UK
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - August 31, 2016 07:50 - 8 minutes - 4.04 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the summer of 1978 a British woman, Janet Parker, became the last known victim of the deadly virus smallpox. Professor Alasdair Geddes describes diagnosing smallpox in Janet Parker in 1978 and the events that followed.
This programme is a rebroadcast. Claire Bowes spoke to Professor Alasdair Geddes in 2014.
Image: Smallpox virus, Credit: Science Photo Library