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How did Edward Jenner discover vaccination?

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Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers the world's first vaccination as a preventive treatment for smallpox, a disease that ... a medical student, Jenner noticed that milkmaids who had contracted a disease called cowpox, which caused blistering on cow's udders, did not catch smallpox. read more

Edward Jenner © Jenner was an English doctor, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology. Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar. read more

Edward Jenner did not invent the vaccine. Louis Pasteur proposed in his honor almost 100 years later to name the use of (variolae vaccinae - variola meaning small pox) a substance such as Jenner used as a vaccine. By the time Jenner decided to use cowpox to vaccinate against smallpox the term variolation was in wide use and was being practiced. read more

Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers the world’s first vaccination as a preventive treatment for smallpox, a disease that had killed millions of people over the centuries. read more

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