the smallpox vaccine.
The first known cases of smallpox go back to 1350 BC and the disease has been known for a very long time. Dr. Campbell identified how smallpox is spread. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine in 1796.See the Web Links to the left for more information about the history of smallpox.
Edward Jenner (who intoduced and studied the smallpox vaccine), born May 17, 1749 Edward Jenner (who intoduced and studied the smallpox vaccine), born May 17, 1749
English doctor who introduced smallpox vaccinations
Edward Jenner did not discover germs, he developed vaccination for smallpox (using cowpox pustules) which was much safer than the inoculation for smallpox (using smallpox pustules) then in use. However he had no idea what actually caused smallpox, only that it was something invisible in the pus from the pustules.
it was edward Jenner
the smallpox vaccine.
smallpox
Edward Jenner.
Edward Jenner
smallpox
Edward Jenner invented the smallpox vaccine, which is quite different from inventing smallpox - the actual disease was not invented by some mad scientist, it evolved naturally. Jenner lived in England.
Dr Edward Jenner's qualification is that he found a vaccination for the deadly disease smallpox.
in 1796,
He was intrested in smallpox
Creating the smallpox vaccine
he didn't get it but he did cure it in 1796