Janet Parker
Also recorded as Janet Witcomb · Janet Witcomb Parker
Janet Parker
- Full name
- Janet Witcomb.
- Born
- 1938. · Birmingham.
- Died
- 1978. · Catherine-de-Barnes.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Languages
- English.
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1938
Janet Parker born at Birmingham.
1978
Janet Parker died at Catherine-de-Barnes.
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Birmingham.
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Catherine-de-Barnes.
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- “Janet Parker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3271592: Janet Parker
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- 1.McGraw Hill. Sherris Medical Microbiology. 525–8. 2004. 0-8385-8529-9.
- 2.Smallpox. WHO Factsheet.
- 3.Dumbell, K. R. Laboratory investigation of two 'whitepox' viruses and comparison with two variola strains from southern India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 60. 3. 381–7. 1982.
- 4.Henderson DA. Principles and lessons from the smallpox eradication programme. Bull. World Health Organ. 65. 4. 535–46. 1987.
- 5.A. W. Downie. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society. 16. 14–35. November 1970. 769583.
- 6.Smallpox: 3 May 1966: House of Commons debates. TheyWorkForYou.
- 7.Hugh Pennington. Smallpox Scares: Bioterrorism. London Review of Books. 24. 17. 32–33. 5 September 2002.
- 8.ONS. Index entry. FreeBMD.
- 9.Frederick Witcomb.
- 10.Cambridge University Press. The life and death of smallpox. 227. 2004. 0-521-84542-4.
- 11.SARS Cases in Asia Show Labs' Risks. The Washington Post.
- 12.Pallen, Mark. The Last Days of Smallpox: Tragedy in Birmingham. Amazon KDP. 2018. 9781980455226.
- 13.Lockley, Mike. The smallpox death that locked down Birmingham could have been avoided. Birmingham Mail. 15 May 2016.
- 14.Shooter, p. 72
- 15.Smallpox Threat: Preparations bring back memories of outbreak. Birmingham Mail. 2002.
- 16.Lymn, Philip. Smallpox Victim dies. Birmingham Evening Mail. 1. 1 September 1978.
- 17.Haunting Memories of Smallpox Drama. Birmingham Mail. 21 June 2011.
- 18.Osler and the infected letter. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11. 5. 689–93. May 2005. 10.3201/eid1105.040616.
- 19.Rimmer, Monica. How smallpox claimed its final victim. BBC News. 10 August 2018.
- 20.Docherty, Campbell. Toxic Shock – Twenty five years ago a disease that many thought was dead and gone reared its head in Birmingham: smallpox.
- 21.Geddes AM. The history of smallpox. Clinics in Dermatology. 24. 3. 152–7. 2006. 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.11.009.
- 22.Stockton
- 23.Royal College of Physicians. Henry Samuel Bedson. Munk's Roll.
- 24.Shooter, R. A. Report of the investigation into the cause of the 1978 Birmingham smallpox occurrence. HMSO. 1980.
- 25.Pallen p. 166
- 26.Lawrence McGinty. New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 12–. 4 January 1979. 0262-4079.
- 27.Smallpox Virus (Shooter Report). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 24 January 1979.
- 28.Judith Stephenson. Kevin McCarthy. BMJ: British Medical Journal. British Medical Journal. 336. 7640. 395.4–395. 2008. 10.1136/bmj.39484.670278.BE.
- 29.Behbehani, Abbas M. The smallpox story: life and death of an old disease. Microbiological Reviews. 47. 4. 455–509 at p.503. 1983. 10.1128/MMBR.47.4.455-509.1983.
- 30.William Shiel Jr. MD. Medical Definition of Aspiration. MedicineNet.
- 31.Pallen pp. 254–260
- 32.Hawkes N. Smallpox death in Britain challenges presumption of laboratory safety. Science. 203. 4383. 855–6. 1979. 10.1126/science.419409.
- 33.UK Department of Health. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP).
- 34.Andy Richards. Did a good turn for medical colleagues cost smallpox victim Janet Parker her life?. Birmingham Mail. 11 April 2018.
- 35.Browne, Tania. Destroying the last samples of smallpox virus could prove short-sighted. The Guardian. 10 July 2004.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- cite news
- Pallen, Mark. The Last Days of Smallpox: Tragedy in Birmingham. Amazon. 2018. 9781980455226.
- Cite report
- Cite news
- Tucker, Jonathan B. (2002). Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox . Grove Press. p. 127 .
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3271592: Janet ParkerWikimedia Foundation
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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