The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and expanding trade routes over the .... Her mother, who was providing care for her, developed smallpox on September 7, despite having been vaccinated on August 24. read more
The first smallpox vaccination was on May 14 1796 when English physician and scientist Edward Jenner conducted his famous experiment on eight-year-old James Phipps. read more
Smallpox vaccine was the only vaccine available during this period, and so the determined opposition to it initiated a number of vaccine controversies that spread to other vaccines and into the 21st century. read more
Those who survived were usually left with scars, which were sometimes severe. One of the first methods for controlling the spread of smallpox was the use of variolation. Named after the virus that causes smallpox (variola virus), variolation is the process by which material from smallpox sores (pustules) was given to people who had never had smallpox. read more