The Fight Against Infectious Disease.

The Fight Against Infectious Disease.

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What year did a vaccination against smallpox become possible?
1796
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How had people previously tried to become immune to smallpox?
Innoculation.
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Who introduced innoculation to Britain?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
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Who discovered the smallpox vaccination?
Edward Jenner.
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What did Jenner notice milkmaids got but didn't get smallpox?
Cowpox.
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Who did he purposely give cowpox to before giving them smallpox?
James Phipps.
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How had people previously tried to become immune to smallpox?

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Innoculation.

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Who introduced innoculation to Britain?

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Who discovered the smallpox vaccination?

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What did Jenner notice milkmaids got but didn't get smallpox?

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