The Great Pockes by R. B. Taylor: Henry VII – yes, the one Shakespeare forgot! – faces a dire threat to his rule. An epidemic which is spread by… sexual intercourse! The Great Pockes. Robert Bacon, a young barber-surgeon vows to find a cure, but he must confront a hostile government, the Church, and the quacks, alchemists, and soothsayers of the English medical profession.
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