Hi!

It's called "small pox" because they wanted to differentiate from
a really deadly disease, pox.  Pox is now known as syphilis.  Syphilis is a
case where the disease has mutated (or mutated us or both) to the point
that it is no longer quickly fatal but "m

Russ, the waterweasel

PS, so the old curse "A POX on you!" was really, really nasty.

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From: Barb Jernigan 
Sent: 06/12/03 05:22 PM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: Re: [BR-2] Fw: G.A.S.H.

> 
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:40:38 -0700 "Laurie Campbell"
 writes:

> > called monkeypox)
> >
> Is that any worse than chicken pox, cow pox, or small pox? (and why 

It's related to small pox. The first case (a child) was hospitalized for
several days. His folks had milder (a la typical chicken pox) versions,
the innoculated Dad the least debilitating.... apparently there's been
over 10 other cases, but I haven't followed them.

> is
> it called small pox, anyway, when its pustules are the largest, and 
> it's  the most often fatal?)

'cause you tend to catch it when you're small? Or a moment of bitter
irony? I don't know... suppose I could look it up....

> Laurie a pox on them all! Phoenix

not to mention anti-tox, too, tygress

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