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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: George Steel, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: George Steel, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

name · 1896

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Lettering: Geo Steel. N.V. Worst stage. Admitted Hosp. 4.4.96. Discharged 15.5.96. Vaccinated in infancy, not since. Confluent. 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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