Mandate. quote, about 10,000 vaccinated in south boston. board of health had 115 physicians at work. and below that it illustrates what each of these doctors carried with them. cotton, kohl, and, quote, several boxes of vaccine points. the boxes probably looked something like this. smallpox vaccine was administered at the time using a point made of ivory or bone with a little bit of the virus on the end. doctors went house to house vaccinating people, as illustrated by "the boston globe". here's one woman getting the vaccine, surrounded by her small children. the caption reads, "protecting mam...