The following post will be almost entirely pictures, and be warned, they are EXTREMELY GRAPHIC and not for the faint of heart.

The images will become more graphic as you scroll. You've been warned.

Oh and don't forget, people still had the gall to accuse parents of being "idiotic anti-vaxxers" while thousands of these cases were occurring after smallpox (cowpox) vaccinations globally.

This was published in 1892 by C. Killick Millard - the Medical Officer of Health for Leicester. Crazy - he sounds exactly like the experts today: "been so completely established as to be BEYOND THE PALE OF SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY". Ha. See how you feel about his confidence and dismissal of concern after going through the photos below.

But first, familiarize yourself with the difference between SMALL POX and COW POX.

This is smallpox in its non-hybridized nightmare form:

Smallpox that has been mixed with cowpox:

"Successfully vaccinated in infancy"