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| Question | Answer |
| Which century was smallpox the biggest killer in? | 18th century |
| What countries did they already inoculate themselves in? | Turkey and China |
| In what year were Sutton and Son the best inoculators? | 1764 |
| How many people did Sutton and Son inoculate? | 14000 |
| What were the problems with inoculation? | Too strong of a dose cause full disease Inoculated people were carriers of the disease |
| When did Edward Jenner become a doctor? | 1770s |
| What significant connection did Jenner make? | Milkmaids who previously had cowpox never got smallpox. |
| In what year and on who did Jenner conduct his cowpox experiment on? | James Phipps (8yrs) in 1796 was inoculated with cowpox by Sarah Nelms (a milkmaid). |
| What was the result of Jenner's cowpox experiment? | After 6 weeks Jenner inoculated James Phipps with smallpox and no disease followed |
| How many times did Jenner carry out his experiment? | 23 times |
| What did Jenner call his process of inoculating people to prevent disease? | Vaccination |
| What did the Royal Society say in response to Jenner's findings? | They rejected then so he published them himself as he was rich enough. |
| How did Jenner's findings become popular? | Important people read his work |
| Who gave Jenner money to open a clinic? How much was it? | The important people gave him £30,000 to open a clinic. |
| What year were his techniques used in America? | 1803 |
| In what year did the British Government make vaccination compulsory? | 1852 |
| In what year was smallpox officially gone from the world? | 1980 |
| What were the impacts of smallpox? | 1/3 of the people who survived became blind 400,000 people were killed per year in Europe. |
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