Delve deep into the Royal Society archives with the Objectivity team. Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran, presented with Royal Society Librarian Keith Moore. Objectivity's own YouTube channel: http://ow.ly/RkE0g.
Curated by: The Royal Society (236 videos)
Brady joins Rupert Baker at The Royal Society to look at how early 18th Century research helped to turn the tide against the deadly smallpox virus. More links below ↓↓↓ For further reading take a look at this Royal Society blog post 'West Africans and the history of smallpox inoculation' which highlights the research of historian Elise A. Mitchell: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2020/10/west-africans-and-the-history-of-smallpox-inoculation/ Objectivity on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/objectivity Subscribe to Objectivity: http://bit.ly/Objectivity_Sub Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran Royal Society website: http://bit.ly/Royal_Society The Royal Society's own YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalSociety Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ObjectivityVideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/objectivity_vid Patron thank you page: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/objectivity-patrons Objectivity T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/objectivity Some keywords: Smallpox, virus, Bishop of Cloyne, George, Berkeley, tar-water, James Jurin, small pox, inoculation, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Constantinople, prisoners, Newgate prison, royal family, Claude Amyand, Samuel Brady, epidemiology, Caleb Cotesworth, Coatsworth, St. Thomas Hospital,