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  1. Sep 29, 2020 · Getty Images. Smallpox used to kill millions. But a chance discovery led to the first vaccine, and a transformation in human health. Smallpox was a terrible disease. “Your body would ache,...

  2. Apr 25, 2019 · Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine to prevent smallpox infections, and this success led to the global eradication of smallpox and the development of many more life-saving vaccines. Key facts about vaccination.

  3. Mar 15, 2024 · Edward Jenner (born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England—died January 26, 1823, Berkeley) was an English surgeon and discoverer of a vaccine for smallpox. Jenner was born at a time when the patterns of British medical practice and education were undergoing gradual change.

  4. Feb 9, 2010 · 1796. Early smallpox vaccine is tested. Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers what will become known as the world’s first vaccination as a preventive...

  5. Phipps remained in perfect health, the first person to be vaccinated against smallpox. Not everyone was on board with Jenner and his vaccine. Rumours circulated at the time that it would turn people into cows. But by 1801, through extensive testing, it was shown to effectively protect against smallpox.

  6. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner demonstrated that an infection with the relatively mild cowpox virus conferred immunity against the deadly smallpox virus. Cowpox served as a natural vaccine until the modern smallpox vaccine emerged in the 20th century.

  7. Mar 5, 2024 · Edward Jenner, An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox (1798). Edward Jenner, an English physician, used folk knowledge to find an alternative to variolation.

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