In the Practice of Variolation, How Were Patients Exposed to the Smallpox

question 36

Multiple Choice

In the practice of variolation, how were patients exposed to the smallpox pathogen?

• A) Babies were nursed by women who had already had smallpox.
• B) They were exposed to bedding or clothes of a person with smallpox.
• C) They were placed in a room with a person who currently had smallpox.
• D) They were exposed to dried scabs from smallpox lesions.
• E) They were exposed to a bovine version of the disease, which is mild in humans.