AdvertisementPHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — SometimesMay 14, 2021Ben de la CruzSuzette LohmeyerfacebookEmailIn January 1929, Dr. L.E. Bensom of Los Angeles used his vacation to mush to native villages in Alaska. At the close of a particularly hard day on the trail, he found himself with 70 patients on his hands, all suffering from smallpox. There were 100 people in the village with no medical facilities. (Getty Images)