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Edward Jenner found that people who contracted the cowpox virus didn't contract smallpox so he tested it out on a farmer's son who had contracted smallpox that week and he applied the liquid inside a cowpox sore to a cut and then after he healed from cowpox, he injected the liquid from a smallpox sore and the boy didn't contract smallpox.Which is how he found the vaccine...
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What is the significance of Jenners discovery?
he created a vaccination for small pox
What did Edward Jenner?
he was the discoverer of small-pox vaccination
Which was the 1st disease to be cured by vaccination?
Diseases are prevented, not cured, by vaccination. Small Pox.
What is the name for the smallpox vaccination?
what is the name of the vaccine for small pox
How did Edward Jenner live?
by making a small pox vaccination
Why is Edward Jenner famous in the field of microbiology?
the vaccination for small pox
What is the vaccination that is not used anymore?
Small pox has been totally eradicated and that vaccine is no longer used.
Who was the person that started vaccination?
Edward Jenner. He was testing cow pox (nonfatal) and small pox (fatal). He noticed that whoever had one never had the other, and some had neither. He put both into a boy, and then the boy was not affected by the small pox. Vaccine comes from vaccinia (lation) for "of the cow" because the cow pox stopped the small pox from working.
How long does the smallpox vaccination last?
Vaccination effect of the small pox last for life time. You need to consider vaccinating the whole population against the small pox. It gives some protection against the HIV infection, probably.
What did people observe which led them to use vaccination?
They noticed that women who milked cows didn't usually get small pox. The saying was "she has the beautiful skin of a milk maid". They had gotten infected with cow pox. This is closely related to small pox and it will give protection.
How was the inoculation invented?
Edward Jenner invented inoculations when he was studying small pox and cow pox. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/jenner.html
When was vaccination invented?
vaccine was invented by Edward Jenner on May 14, 1796
