Virtual autopsy on 150-year-old remains shows how smallpox colonizes the human body

In 2011, The discovery of human remains at a construction site in Queens, NY spurred a homicide investigation, and presented an even bigger shock when forensic archaeologist Scott Warnasch discovered they belonged a 150-year old woman. To figure out where she came from and why she was buried in an iron coffin, Scott and Dr. Jerry Conlogue (Quinnipiac University) used cutting edge non-invasive imaging technology to conduct a virtual autopsy. In a medical first, they found evidence of smallpox in the woman's remains, and the scans reveal how the disease affects the human body from the inside out. Stream Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin on pbs.org/secrets Please LIKE & SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxX... LIKE Secrets of the Dead on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecretsofThe... FOLLOW Secrets of the Dead on Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretspbs