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Essay:Greatest Myths of World History (view source)
Revision as of 19:17, March 20, 2009
, 19:17, March 20, 2009→A pox on you!: The Vaccination campaign belies this theory
===A pox on you!===
===A pox on you!===
Anti-Christians teach that the Christian Europeans deliberately spread smallpox among the American Indians, as in handing out blankets with the germs. In fact, the germ theory of disease was not even discovered until the 19th century.
Anti-Christians teach that the Christian Europeans deliberately spread [[smallpox]] among the [[American Indians]], as in handing out blankets with the germs. In fact, the [[germ theory of disease]] was not even discovered until the 19th century.
:'... at odds with any such idea is the effort of the United States government at this time tovaccinate the native population. Smallpox vaccination, a procedure developed by the English country doctor [[Edward Jenner]] in 1796, was first ordered in 1801 by [[President Jefferson]]; the program continued in force for three decades, though its implementation was slowed both by the resistance of the Indians, who suspected a trick, and by lack of interest on the part of some officials. Still, as Thornton writes: "[[Vaccination]] of American Indians did eventually succeed in reducing mortality from smallpox."' [http://hnn.us/articles/7302.html]
==="Let them eat cake!"===
==="Let them eat cake!"===