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In the 18th and 19th century, the Smallpox Epidemic in Farmington influenced a drastic improvement in medial practice and quality of life of the people in Farmington. 

Thesis:

Eli Todd and Theodore Wadsworth
Smallpox Hospital
Hospital Rock

Doctors Eli Todd and Theodore Wadsworth helped save more than half of our local community by performing smallpox variolations.

Snuggled in a deep part of Rattlesnake Mountain, the Todd-Wadsworth Smallpox Hospital was accessible to everyone in the Farmington and Plainville town area.

Hospital Rock was used as a meet-up place and a drop-off place for food, books, and hospital supplies. There are also many names that were carved into the rock.

© 2023 by Karen Ru.

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