@BenedictEvans 6 years ago
"No-one would ever make fun of a real medical breakthrough". Pictured, Gillray, um, making fun of the first vaccinations for smallpox, which was based on cow-pox. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1638225&partId=1&people=18459&peoA=18459-1-7&page=1 https://t.co/hl1bk70rAh