Edward Jenner And Vacination Flashcards
What way was used to treat small pox before the 19th century
How did it come to England and by who
Inoculation
Which was an ancient chinese idea which had been brought to England by lady Mary montague
What was the idea behind inoculation
Was to give a mild dose of small pox to give long term immunity to the disease its self
What was the problem with inoculation
It had unfortunate side affects giving some patients the full blown disease and could end up killing them
Where did Edward Jenner first train as a doctor and then where did he move to, to do what
First trained in London
Then moved back to home town Gloucestershire where he set up his practice and treated people with small pox
How did Jenner first ideas begin to happen for vaccination
His patients would tell him that anybody who has cowpox, the cow maids, would never get small pox
What was Jenner first idea for vaccination
What was a good idea about this
If he inoculated patients with cowpox that it would give them immunity to small pox
It would be less dangerous that inoculating with small pox because cowpox was only a mild illness
What happened when Jenner sent his work to the royal society
The refused to publish his work and opposed his ideas
What did Jenner do after his ideas were objected
He published his work in 1798 and it was read by many doctors and scientist and his work was finally recognised and the government gave him lots of money to open a vaccination clinic
When and how much money did the government give Jenner for his vaccination clinic
£10000 in 1802
£20000 in 1807
How was vaccination used throughout all of the world
When did it become compulsory in the U.K.
It become compulsory in Sweden and across Europe
And people queued in Asia to get treated
1852- U.K.
Why did people oppose vaccination
Fear of change
Children given something deadly
Why could Jenner not develop any other vaccines
As he didn’t know how his vaccine worked and had a lack of understanding
