1700-1900 [Jenner And Vacination] Flashcards
Who was the first to make a discovery that successfully prevented people from catching the deadly disease “smallpox”?
Edward Jenner
What disease killed more children than any other disease and spread easily from person to person?
Small pox
Why was Jenner important?
His work proved that scientific methods could lead to a disease being wiped out
What were the cons of Jenners method?
He didn’t know why it worked
What about smallpox and cowpox made the method not useful to study from?
The link was unique, so it couldn’t lead to any other vaccinations
Why did people oppose Jenner?
Many thought it was wrong to give people an animals disease
What religious aspect of society made jenners methods disagreeable ?
It interfered with Gods plan
What was the effect of Jenners discovery on doctors (negatively?)
They lost money when the government offered vaccinations free
Why would some doctors end up opposing Jenner?
They wouldn’t vaccinate people properly so it wouldn’t work
How did Jenner discover vaccination of small pox?
Infected locals with cowpox and tried to infect them with small pox- and none caught small pox.
By 1979, the world health organisation announced what about small pox?
It had been wiped out
