This weeks episode is about the smallpox epidemics in 18th century Boston and the attempts to slow the spread.

Sources: 

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/smallpox/sp_variolation.html

https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335227/#:~:text=Smallpox%20was%20a%20dreaded%20disease,and%201775%20were%20particularly%20severe.&text=In%20the%20epidemic%20of%201721,those%20who%20contracted%20the%20malady.