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when did smallpox transfer from cattle to humans
where did smallpox originate
The origin of smallpox is unknown. Smallpox is thought to date back to the Egyptian Empire around the 3rd century BCE.
what is the earliest record of smallpox
The earliest evidence of smallpox skin lesions has been found on the faces of mummies from the eighteenth and twentieth Egyptian dynasties.

Question: when was a cure made
Self-contained rewrite: when was a cure made for smallpox