industrial - Jenner and vaccine Flashcards

1
Q

how many people did smallpox kill and what were the result of having it but surviving

A

it killed more children than any other disease, thousands of men too
survivors left with awful scars

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how did doctors try to cure smallpox before Edward Jenner
what were the limitations (2)

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innoculating people against it by giving them a small, mild dosage of it
could still kill and only for the rich

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3
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by 1790s what had Jenner figured out

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people who had gotten cowpox but were than treated for it never caught smallpox
he carried out many tests to prove this theory infecting ppl w cowpox, then tryingto infect them w smallpox, they never caught smallpox

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when and who refused to publish Jenner’s findings about smallpox

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1789 and the Royal Society

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by 1800 how many people worldwide were vaccinated
by 1802 how many people in Britain were vaccinated

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100, 000
12, 000 +

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when did the world health organisation announce smallpoxhad been totallly wiped out

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1979

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