Key Individual: Edward Jenner

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  • Edward Jenner
    • Area Of Expertise: Causes and Cures (Discovered Vaccination)
    • Brief Background/ Key Dates
      • Was an anonymous doctor in Gloucestershire
      • In 1798 observed that dairy maids often caught cowpox, but never small pox
      • After observation of 23 cases, he submitted his work to the Royal Society in 1798 claiming cowpox prevented small pox
    • Contribution to Medicine
      • Prevention of disease - was the first to find a truly effective prevention for a major killer
      • Improved Technique - Vaccination was more effective and safer than inoculation
      • Inspired others - Pasteur and Koch investigated Jenner's methods further
    • Factors That Helped
      • Chance - was luck that he discovered that many patients refused inoculation because they caught cowpox
      • Genius - Jenner followed up this discovery using carful scientific methods
      • Government - gave him £30,000 to continue work, and made vaccination compulsory in 1852
      • Celebrity Support - American president: Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon were both fans of vaccination
    • Factors that Hindered
      • Technology: Could not explain how it worked,a and seemed an odd idea
      • Conservatism- Resistance to new ideas, particluray from doctors making money from inoculation
      • Dangerous: Some patients died after vaccination because scarless doctors confused the cowpox vaccine with small pox or used infected needles on new patients

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James_111

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Many of the dates are wrong. 

By 1796 he had already heard of the tales that dairymaids did not catch smallpox if they had already caught cowpox. 

It was also 1796 that he gave the eight year old boy cowpox and then small pox, not 1798.

He was given £10,000 by parliament in 1802.

Vaccination was not made compulsory in 1852, it was made compulsory in 1853 under The Vaccination Act 1853.

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