This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Napoleon’s Mexican Empire.IntroductionThere were in Napoleon III, as a
General Vaccination Program Established
Today's installment concludes Jenner Introduces Vaccination,our selection from Medical Portrait Gallery by Sir Thomas J. Pettigrew published in
Jenner Presents His Findings on Vaccination to the Royal Society
The subject began to excite the attention of the medical profession, and all were eager to put the matter to the test of experiment.Continuing
How Jenner Became Interested in Curing Smallpox
The subject of smallpox was mentioned, upon which she observed, "I cannot take that disease, for I have had the cowpox." This was sufficient to excite
Jenner Introduces Vaccination
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Jenner’s Early Years.IntroductionJenner’s work on vaccine against
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 13
Such was the first civilized occupation of the region which now forms the State of Illinois.Previously in The Discovery of the Great
The Dash For the Pole
Today's installment concludes The Search for the North Pole,our selection from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 20 by Charles F. Horne
Peary Sets Out For the North Pole
By this time Commander Peary was recognized as the foremost Arctic explorer of the world and it was now, with all these years of experience behind
Peary Heads North
The magnitude of the task he has accomplished can only be appreciated by measuring it against the centuries of heroic effort that lay