Breaking Out
According to experts, the early phases of smallpox were classified based on the presence of fever and pains. Then there was the most terrifying stage, which was undoubtedly the most worrying for a queen who was so preoccupied with her image as she was. Once the sickness has progressed, patients may experience disfiguring lesions on their skin.
Breaking Out
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A Life-Threatening Disease
For the rest of their lives, those who survived smallpox would be haunted by the lesions that they had developed. The same was true in Elizabethan times when there was no acknowledged treatment or cure. In the 1960s, smallpox was still considered a lethal disease, with estimates stating that 12 million people caught the disease each year.
A Life-Threatening Disease
