This episode of the Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast features Dr. Richard Leach discussing the lifelong health struggles of George Washington.
During Leach’s earlier appearance on the program he mentioned Washington’s farsightedness in instituting a variolation policy (a kind of vaccination) for the Continental Army as perhaps being a result of a personal exposure to sickness throughout his life.
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The Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast is produced by the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, a friends group supporting the Lake George Battlefield Park Historic District in Lake George, Warren County, NY.
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Illustration: George Washington portrait by Christian Gullager, 1789 (detail).
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