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James Phipps (1788 – 1853) was the first person given the experimental cowpox vaccine by Edward Jenner. Jenner knew of a local belief that dairy workers who had contracted a relatively mild infection called cowpox were immune to smallpox , and successfully tested his theory on the 8-years-old James Phipps on 17 May 1796.
Feb 1, 2018 · In 1796, he vaccinated a child named James Phipps with pus taken from a cowpox pustule, according to a historical report in 2005 in the journal Baylor University Medical Proceedings.
Learn how smallpox was eradicated from the world, the first and only human disease to be eliminated. Discover the role of James Phipps, the first person to be vaccinated with cowpox by Edward Jenner in 1796.
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Feb 9, 2010 · James Phipps was an eight-year-old boy who received the first smallpox vaccine from Edward Jenner, an English doctor, on May 14, 1796. The vaccine was made from cowpox, a mild disease that protected people from smallpox, a deadly infection.
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Apr 25, 2019 · James Phipps was a young boy who participated in the famous experiment by Edward Jenner in 1796. Jenner used cowpox matter to inoculate him and then smallpox matter to prove that vaccination could prevent the deadly disease.
Nov 29, 2020 · James Phipps, first to be vaccinated against smallpox by Edward Jenner. Harold Ellis View all authors and affiliations. Volume 31, Issue 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750458920950165. Contents. PDF / ePub. More. Provenance and Peer review: Commissioned; Accepted for publication 23 July 2020.
Sep 4, 2018 · How did Edward Jenner's experiment with James Phipps lead to the eradication of smallpox? Was cowpox really the source of the vaccine, or was it something else? Learn about the history and science behind this medical miracle.
