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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Ephraim Beard, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Ephraim Beard, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

name · 1896

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Lettering: Ephraim Beard, India Rd a baker. Admitted 5.4.96. Died 13.4.96. Vac. in inf. No marks. Malignant hemorrhagic. Lettering on envelope consists of handwritten description of patient, and printed letters "O.H.M.S." (On Her Majesty's Service)

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