Jenner and the development of the vaccination

Jenner and the development of the vaccine - 

Smallpox in 18th century Britain - 

• Nationwide epidemics in 1722, 1723 and 1740-42
• London had 11 epedemics in the 1700s, the worst being in 1796 when 3,548 people died
• no-one knew the cause but they did notice that people who caught a mild form of smallpox and recovered didn't catch it again
• Some tried to innoculate themselves against smallpox by rubbing pus from a smallpox scab into a cut. some people died this way
• Many doctors made alot of money by providing innoculations

Jenner discovers the vaccine for smallpox - 

• he trained as an apprentice to a surgeon-apothocary and then practiced medicinein London
• Jenner saw that Milkmaids who caught cowpox didnt then catch smallpox when there was and…