Spiegel Allen D, Kavaler Florence, Kucinski Karen M
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 43, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
J Community Health. 2005 Oct;30(5):391-413. doi: 10.1007/s10900-005-5519-9.
Threatened use of the smallpox virus in bioterrorist attacks recently prompted national concerns in the United States. Smallpox, the "speckled monster," was known in antiquity. In 1856, New York City opened its first hospital devoted to caring for victims of smallpox. Essentially, the hospital isolated and quarantined patients on Blackwell's Island, located in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. After the hospital closed about 1875, the facility became a training school for female and male nurses. In the mid 1950s, the building was abandoned. Today, the ruins of the smallpox hospital are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At night, the ruins are illuminated casting an eerie, green aura on the remaining stone walls.
最近，生物恐怖袭击中天花病毒的潜在威胁引发了美国全国的关注。天花，这个“斑点怪物”，在古代就已为人所知。1856年，纽约市开设了第一家专门收治天花患者的医院。实际上，这家医院在位于曼哈顿和皇后区之间东河上的布莱克韦尔岛上隔离和检疫患者。大约1875年医院关闭后，该设施成为了一所男女护士培训学校。20世纪50年代中期，这座建筑被废弃。如今，天花医院的废墟被列入了国家史迹名录。夜晚，废墟被照亮，在残留的石墙上投下怪异的绿色光晕。
