What's the difference between variolar and variolous?
Variolar
Definition:
(a.) Variolous.
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Variolous
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.
Example Sentences:
(1) With smallpox, the variolation (since 1730) gave first relief, until Sir Edward Jenner discovered in 1798 the highly successful cross-immunity through vaccination.
(2) Smallpox vaccination was known as variolation before the modern practice of vaccination with cowpox (Vaccinia) was demonstrated in 1796.
(3) Man's first attempt to immunize susceptibles against smallpox infection was by variolation, a practice which could be traced back several thousand years.
(4) Variolation is an ancient method of protection against naturally acquired smallpox that was officially proscribed in the early 1950s but was renewed in remote areas when smallpox vaccination activities were interrupted during the three-year famine of 1959-1962, following the "great leap forward" program of 1958.
(5) The last known cases occurred in 1965, and the practice of variolation is now believed to be extinct.
(6) The health authorities responded by capturing the variolators, confiscating their variolation material and equipment, and vaccinating the population.
(7) Fear of smallpox provoked the first important attempts to prevent epidemic disease by a primitive form of immunization called variolation.
(8) All were among persons who had been variolated or were their close contacts.
(9) It is ironic that smallpox became an epidemic pestilence upon the growth of populations, yet it played a major role in preventing population growth until variolation and vaccination became common.
(10) It was found that the variolators in Shanxi Province and Nei Monggol Autonomous Region inoculated persons with the use of powdered smallpox scabs mixed with human milk, and that they obtained fresh supplies of scabs every 6-12 months by variolating relatives and friends.
(11) Smallpox existed in Romania since the 17th century, when both variolation and vaccinia were used for preventing the disease.
(12) Tissot's influence manifested itself also in the early introduction of variolation.