Where on the body was the smallpox rash usually most severe?
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smallpoxEdward Jenner vaccinating his child against smallpox; colored engraving.
In cases of smallpox, the characteristic rash typically displayed a centrifugal distribution, meaning it was most severe and heaviest on the face and the lower parts of the limbs.1
