My colleagues and I have encountered a lot of distressing and odd things left in books at this system:
- an applecore
- pats of butter
- a fried egg
- human feces (in music sheets down at the Main)
- marijuana shake
but smallpox scabs? My hat's off to you, Librarian Susanne!
Do read the article, for it contains information on how to give yourself an emergency immunization, which might prove handy in the near future, especially for me. I have a bad feeling that my inability to handle my liquor is not the only susceptibility that I inherited from my Native American ancestors.