Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1914 — “Chickenpox” Proved to Be Smallpox [ARTICLE]

“Chickenpox” Proved to Be Smallpox

Public gatherings have been prohibited in the town of Brook, because of the recent discovery that the cases of ‘“chickenpox,” which has been prevalent there since last March, the first cases being those of Mr. and Mrs. William Hintz, who moved there from Medaryville last spring, was really smallpox. There has been a large number of cases of the disease in a mild form since that time, but it was not until quite recently that it was decided by the doctors that the disease was smallpox. Strict quarantines are being maintained and it is expected to soon get rid of the epidemic.