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the cow pox and smallpox are the same thing. they give the body a tiny bit of the virus and let the body kill it immediately. the body gets so little of the virus that it can easily kill it, then it will become immune. the only thing is the side affects of this vaccine--stomach ache, nausea, pain, headache, and the seldom fate of death. in the early 1970's, the people got rid of most fatal side affects and it is now given to infants. now smallpox (cow pox) is virtually impossible to get the virus.

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Who invented the first cowpox vaccine during the enlightenment?

Edward Jenner, an English physician, is credited with inventing the first cowpox vaccine during the Enlightenment period. He developed the smallpox vaccine using cowpox virus after observing that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox did not get smallpox. His discovery laid the foundation for modern vaccination practices.


Is cowpox DNA?

When a mommy cell and daddy cell love each other very much they eat each other.


What are cures for cowpox?

Usually, it is a cowpox vaccine, which is usually composed of a dead or dying/weak cowpox unit. This alerts your immune system, so that if you ever get it, your body will recognize it and fight it away.


Who discovered that people who contracted cowpox did not contract smallpox?

in 1796, a man named Edward Jenner said this and everyone thought he was crazy but he was right. He took a dairy maid who had cowpox (she had a pustule on her hand), took the puss and sliced open a little boys arm and infected him with cowpox. Then he put smallpox puss in the cut and the boy didn't get it.in 1796, a man named Edward Jenner said this and everyone thought he was crazy but he was right. He took a dairy maid who had cowpox (she had a pustule on her hand), took the puss and sliced open a little boys arm and infected him with cowpox. Then he put smallpox puss in the cut and the boy didn't get it.


Do animals get smallpox?

The reason we were able to "erradicate" (said that way because we have stores in labs) smallpox was because the human serotype is only able to affect humans. The smallpox vaccine is made from cowpox, which is similar enough to smallpox to provide immunity, but cannot infect us.

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What are the cures for smallpox?

The cure for smallpox is cowpox. Cowpox is a mild version of smallpox and is usually not fatal. The smallpox vaccine contains cowpox.


Who created the vaccine for cowpox?

This may be about Doctor Edward Jenner.He created the first vaccine. It was to treat smallpox and was based on material from the cowpox. So, he created the vaccine from cowpox.I think the vaccine also worked against the cowpox virus.


Can you prevent getting smallpox?

Well, I think there is a vaccine for smallpox. I'm not sure, so look it up somewhere else! you use cowpox has a counter balence effect


Who invented the first cowpox vaccine during the enlightenment?

Edward Jenner, an English physician, is credited with inventing the first cowpox vaccine during the Enlightenment period. He developed the smallpox vaccine using cowpox virus after observing that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox did not get smallpox. His discovery laid the foundation for modern vaccination practices.


What other diseases can potentially be mistaken for smallpox?

Cowpox. Edward Jenner inoculated a boy with cowpox in early discovery of smallpox vaccine, it is part of the Vaccinia virus family


How was the smallpox vaccine invented?

Dr Edward Jenner injected small boy who had smallpox with cowpox, after hearing from a dairy maid that people who got cowpox would not get smallpox. This worked and that's how vaccination came about.


Does smallpox vaccine come from cows?

The smallpox vaccine comes from cows. Most diseases you a weakened form of the disease. However the smallpox vaccine is brought from cowpox. (closely related to smallpox but not as dangerous). You cannot get this vaccine anymore and if you did it would result in a bad reaction.


Who developed a smallpox vaccine?

Louis PasteurEdward 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...Note: Developed not invented


First vaccine created by?

The first vaccine was created by Edward Jenner in 1796. He developed the smallpox vaccine by using material taken from cowpox lesions, demonstrating that exposure to cowpox could provide immunity against smallpox. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the field of immunology and vaccination, ultimately leading to the eradication of smallpox.


How is cowpox helpful to humans?

Edward Jenner used it to help create a vaccine for smallpox


What was the name of the boy that Edward Jenner tested to see if you get cowpox if it would stop smallpox?

Edward Jenner tested his smallpox vaccine on a young boy named James Phipps. In 1796, Jenner inoculated Phipps with material taken from a cowpox sore, which led to the discovery that exposure to cowpox could provide immunity against smallpox. This groundbreaking experiment laid the foundation for the development of the smallpox vaccine.


Helped introduce the smallpox vaccine?

Edward Jenner is credited with introducing the smallpox vaccine in 1796. He discovered that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox, a less severe disease, appeared to be immune to smallpox. Jenner tested this hypothesis by inoculating a young boy with cowpox, and later exposing him to smallpox, which confirmed the vaccine's effectiveness. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern immunology and vaccination practices.