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Smallpox

天花 〔天花〕tiān huā

Also pox. A disease characterized by heat effusion, cough, sneezing, yawning, red face, fright palpitation, cold extremities and ears, and eruption of pox. This disease is prevented by modern medical inoculation. It is noteworthy that there are records suggesting that inoculation against smallpox was practiced as early as the Northern Sòng under the reign of Emperor Zhengzong (998-1022), and that nasal inoculation was discovered in the Míng Dynasty between 1567 and 1572. See nasal inoculation.

Etymology

Chintiān, heaven; 花 huā, flower.

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