Tag: Smallpox

Mr. Zhao Churen, a pawnshop owner in Tianjin, lived comfortably but had an overbearing wife. They had several daughters and one son, all deeply cherished. During the summer of WuWu year*, their fifth daughter (about 6-7 years old) contracted smallpox. When summoned for consultation, I observed dense pox lesions resembling silkworm eggs covering her entire…