Industrial- Edward Jenner and Smallpox Flashcards
when?
18th century
who were britain controlled by?
a central government since the power of the church had decreased significantly
what was a main reason for the quick spread of smallpox?
- people moving to towns and cities
* overpopulation
how did smallpox spread?
2
- coughing and sneezing
* touching an infected person
what was life like before jenners discovery?
the only way to prevent smallpox was inoculation which was too expensive for most people to afford
what was believed prior to the discovery?
if you already caught a mild non fatal disease called cowpox you couldn’t catch smallpox
what did jenner investigate?
why milkmaids never seemed to catch smallpox
what did jenner do in 1798?
performed an experiment on a young boy in which he first injected the boy with cowpox then smallpox
what was the outcome of this experiment?
the boy did not become ill with smallpox
how many people did jenner repeat this experiment on before publishing his findings?
24 (including the boy)
where did jenner first submit his findings? did they publish them?
to the royal society in 1798
they refused to publish them so he published independently
which us president championed jenner?
thomas jefferson
how much did the british government give jenner to set up vaccination clinics?
£30,000
what happened in 1840?
vaccinations became free for all infants
what happened in 1852?
british government made vaccinations compulsory
