The Great InoculatorThis timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Suttonthe medical revolutionary who paved the way for present day vaccinationwas named a best book of 2020 by BBC History Magazine Smallpox was the scourge of the eighteenth century: it showed no mercy, almost wiping out whole societies. Young and old, poor and royalty were equally at risk unless they had survived a previous attack. Daniel Sutton, a young surgeon from Suffolk, used this knowledge