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Onesimus was an African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of smallpox in Boston by teaching the variolation method of inoculation, which prevented smallpox and laid the foundation for the development of vaccines.

After a smallpox outbreak began in Boston in 1721, Mather proliferated Onesimus's knowledge to advocate for inoculation in the population. This practice eventually spread to other colonies.

Historian Ted Widmer of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College noted that "Onesimus reversed many of [the colonists'] traditional racial assumptions... [h]e had a lot more knowledge medically than most of the Europeans in Boston at that time."

More broadly, I was taught in Murder Machines (schools) that Edward Jenner developed vaccines, but I'm recently learning that it was common knowledge in the Ottoman Empire and Africa before Jenner.

Variolation was also practiced throughout the latter half of the 17th century by physicians in Turkey, Persia, and Africa. In 1714 and 1716, two reports of the Ottoman Empire Turkish method of inoculation were made to the Royal Society in England, by Emmanuel Timoni, a doctor affiliated with the British Embassy in Constantinople, and Giacomo Pylarini. Source material tells us on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; "When Lady Mary was in the Ottoman Empire, she discovered the local practice of inoculation against smallpox called variolation."

Is it a reasonable expectation to check peoples profiles when commenting on their comments to ensure I am pronouning them correctly? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I actually wasn't but that's a different story

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

If they say "the goose doesn't like his ball" that is misgandering.

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

I've had people flip out at me on Lemmy for 'misgendering' it's so ridiculous.

Like we don't know if it's a man or woman. It's the internet, yknow?

What's your favorite fantasy monster race? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I love goblins and lizardmen

Fine 😔

What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

and, conversely, posting things you have "verified"

"You're wrong! I was able to prove it with a quick Google!"

Your knowledge coming from a 'quick google' isn't the flex you think it is. Most things that can be proven with a quick google are false.

How do you differentiate between knowledge and belief? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I want to know how it works in real life for you.

What works for me in real life is know as little as possible, view all beliefs as clouds moving across the sky

If drug dealers question the police on planting stuff or saying it was someone elses. Can they not request a fingerprint test? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

or saying it was someone elses.

most countries' drug laws don't have a mens rea requirement – if the drugs are in your pocket, in your home, in your car, then they are legally your drugs