The sad case of Janet Parker, medical photographer

Since the corona virus is on our minds, here's a somewhat related story that took place in 1978.
It is both sad and scary, as Janet Parker suffered a terrible death, and two other people died due to the incident.

Much written about it, but here's a good article...

https://www.bbc.com …gland-birmingham-45101091

A timely reminder of hideous things that can go horribly wrong when it comes to disease

These two lines stand out. There is no way you could do this today.
"purposely infected a small boy."
and then just to make sure,
"infecting the boy with smallpox"
I got to wonder, who was the poor little kid that this guy was experimenting on and how many came before him with not such good results. There is more to this story for sure.

Yes I mentioned that to my wife.
But they do that today so only difference is people would know there's chances of consequences not bear thinking of.
Scary stuff.
Heroes of medicine who slip under the radar

Different testing ethics in 1796.