Small Pox: 1862

Transmission Electron Micrograph Dept: Newspaper accounts of the 1862 small pox epidemic in the British colony that would become British Columbia:, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The case is not considered a dangerous one by the attending physicians, although a consultation was held yesterday to determine its character," says the report on page 3 and a transmission electron micrograph of smallpox viruses using a negative stain technique is shown in this 1975 image. Newspaper accounts of 1862 small pox epidemic show racism that led to devastation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Centers for Disease Control - Dr. Fred Murphy March 18, 1862: The British Colonist newspaper confirmed rumours circulating for days that small pox has made its way north from San Francisco to the colony. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.