Key Individual: Edward Jenner
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- Created on: 22-03-18 16:08
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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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