Fascinating
facts about Edward Jenner
inventor of smallpox vaccine in 1796. |
Edward Jenner |
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AT A GLANCE:
Smallpox, was long considered to be the most deadly and persistent human
pathogenic disease. The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine
ever to be developed and remains the only effective preventive treatment for
the deadly smallpox disease. It was first perfected in 1796 by Edward Jenner
who acted upon the observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus
did not catch smallpox. In 1980, the World Health Organisation declared
smallpox an eradicated disease. Source:
Jenner Museum
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Edward
Jenner |
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Criteria: |
First to invent. First practical.
Modern prototype.. |
| Birth: |
May 17,
1749 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Death: |
January 26,
1823 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
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Nationality: |
British |
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Invention: |
smallpox
vaccine |
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Function: |
noun /
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Definition: |
A vaccine
containing vaccinia virus suspensions that is inoculated
subcutaneously to immunize against smallpox. The virus is known to
have brougt death to 300 million in the 20th century alone. |
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