A fever hospital or isolation hospital is a hospital for infectious diseases such as Scarlet fever, Tuberculosis, Lassa fever and Smallpox. Their purpose... 13 KB (1,294 words) - 16:38, 10 April 2024 |
The London Smallpox Hospital, sometimes known as the Middlesex County Hospital for Smallpox and Inoculation, was established in 1745–6 and was said to... 2 KB (177 words) - 05:00, 19 April 2022 |
The 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom resulted in the death of Janet Parker, a British medical photographer, who became the last recorded person... 31 KB (3,295 words) - 12:02, 1 May 2024 |
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally... 163 KB (17,649 words) - 22:38, 30 April 2024 |
Roosevelt Island (section Hospital and prison island) are former hospitals. At the island's southern tip are the Smallpox Hospital, a Gothic-style ruin built in 1857 as the first smallpox hospital in the U... 263 KB (25,831 words) - 03:37, 27 April 2024 |
The history of smallpox extends into pre-history. Genetic evidence suggests that the smallpox virus emerged 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. Prior to that, similar... 87 KB (10,110 words) - 16:31, 27 April 2024 |
Hospital moved there from Blackwell's Island (now known as Roosevelt Island). Riverside Hospital had been founded in the 1850s as a smallpox hospital... 27 KB (2,681 words) - 13:17, 27 April 2024 |