Reply #59: Do you mean smallpox scar?

[Blue Diadem]

I have one about the size of a dime. My parents had them too. Dad's was about the size of a quarter. My Mom's was a huge double one that covered a large area of her upper arm. Seems I remember her saying the first one "didn't take" and she had to be vaccinated again.

Does anyone know when they stopped giving them? I know my children never received it..and the oldest was born in 74.



This link talks about the reaction area.

snip:
Vaccination site reactions are classified into two categories, “major reactions” and “equivocal reactions”. A major reaction indicates a successful vaccination, and is characterized by a pustular lesion or an area of definite induration or congestion surrounding a central lesion, which might be a scab or an ulcer.

www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/statusprocedure.asp