Really? The article says the boy was infected with smallpox after being exposed to cowpox to test whether or not exposure to cowpox would help:
> > He tested this by infecting the boy with smallpox and no illness occurred.
> > He tested this by infecting the boy with smallpox and no illness occurred.
- Variolation was common in England at the time.
- Wikipedia says that he *inoculated* the boy with smallpox. That means variolation.