Smallpox and General George Washington (was Re: German children, negro and white mixture?

From: Tiny Human Ferret (ixnayamspay_klaatu_at_earthops.net)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:30:45 -0500

Tank Fixer wrote:
> In article <4172D189.9090707@earthops.net>,
> on Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:09:45 -0400,
> Tiny Human Ferret ixnayamspay_klaatu@earthops.net attempted to say .....
>
>
>>During
>>the American Revolution, in a little-known act, George Washington
>>deliberately infected all of his troops (1777/1778),
>
>
> I'm sure you have a reputable source for this ?
>

http://www.geocities.com/artnscience/jm4-primr.html

<quote in-part>

A Brief History of Military Contributions to Ethical Standards for
Research Involving Human Subjects

by Arthur O. Anderson M.D.

In the 1700's, self-determination, national autonomy and the idea of
government with consent of the governed was why we fought the war for
independence. The Boston Tea party and the Maryland repudiation of the
Stamp Act showed how strongly people reacted to the apparent lack of
"respect for persons" communicated by Britain's enacting laws without
input and representation of the colonists. A person's desire to have
information about, and input into, actions that effect his life is
fundamental to human nature. Revolution results when there is denial of
this essential need for engagement in any process affecting us.

Revolutionary War General George Washington used forced variolation to
stop the spread of a Smallpox epidemic in his troops. In 1766, American
soldiers under General Washington were unable to take Quebec from the
English. General Washington was immune because he survived smallpox in
Barbados in 1751. However, a smallpox epidemic had reduced his healthy
troop strength to half while the British troops, who had been
variolated, were already immune to the spreading contagion. Washington
proclaimed smallpox to be his "most dangerous enemy"; and, by 1777 he
had all his soldiers variolated before beginning new military
operations. He also ordered new recruits to be variolated as soon as
they enlisted.

Variolation is not the same as "vaccination." Jenner had not yet
discovered and promoted use of cowpox inoculation. Cowpox caused a
milder infection in man but resulted in strong cross-reactive immunity
to smallpox. Variolation, on the other hand, was the practice of
collecting ooze and scabs from smallpox lesions of a person who had a
mild case and scratching this material into the skin of other persons
who then contracted the disease. Many recipients of variolation became
mildly ill with smallpox, but some died following a serious and
catastrophic course.

[ ... ]

</quote>

Please see also http://www.motherbedford.com/Smallpox.htm and read the
journal of Dr Lewis Beebe of Massachusetts (1777).

Really, search Google for +smallpox +washington +1777

This is basic history, I thought everyone knew this. 

-- 
The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may
often assume the appearance, and produce the effects,
of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy.
                   --Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"