The History of Chicken Pox!
Giovanni Fillippo
Chicken pox was discovered in Italy by Giovanni Filippo in the 1500's. Sometime in the 1600's, Richard Morton, an English scientist, gave this virus the name of chicken pox, misinterpreting them for a more mild form of small pox, which in actuality are not related at all. Another reason he named them chicken pox was because it makes the skin look like a plucked chicken.
Even though chicken pox was only discovered in the 1500's, some evidence has shown that chicken pox occurred thousands of years ago. In the 1700's, William Heberden, an English physician, discovered that small pox and chicken pox were not related. He also found out that once a person had chicken pox, he/she wouldn't get it again.
In the 1800's, Rudolf Steiner performed tests on people with the chicken pox. The results of his studies concluded that if people who were not infected touched the blisters of those who were infected, they would become infected with chicken pox.
Even though chicken pox was only discovered in the 1500's, some evidence has shown that chicken pox occurred thousands of years ago. In the 1700's, William Heberden, an English physician, discovered that small pox and chicken pox were not related. He also found out that once a person had chicken pox, he/she wouldn't get it again.
In the 1800's, Rudolf Steiner performed tests on people with the chicken pox. The results of his studies concluded that if people who were not infected touched the blisters of those who were infected, they would become infected with chicken pox.
Before the vaccine was invented, 90-95% of children got chicken pox, and there would usually be 100-150 deaths associated with this virus. The very first chicken pox case was recorded more than 400 years ago! It only affects humans, but if you get it once, you won't get it again (unless it flares up into shingles).