The discoverer of this particular vaccine was Edward Anthony Jenner. The first time it was used was in 1796 in England.
His discovery led to the eradication of smallpox around the world.
He did not discover much about the actual disease, but he came up with the vaccine. the first EVER vaccine.
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 means 1796 in caps lock
A vaccination.
In 1796, he injected an 8 year old boy with cowpox, a less lethal form of the small pox. This created an immunization to smallpox and was coined the first vaccination.
The treatment for smallpox was to get a vaccination.
yes...
Edward Jenner
In 1796, he injected an 8 year old boy with cowpox, a less lethal form of the small pox. This created an immunization to smallpox and was coined the first vaccination.
1796
He discovered a vaccination for the smallpox