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Edward Jenner: Smallpox vaccine
May 1796
- Jenner tested hypothesis that infection with cowpox could protect a person from smallpox infection.
Jenner inoculated eight-year old James Phipps with matter from a cowpox sore. he suffered local reaction but recovered fully.
In July, Jenner inoculated Phipps with matter from a smallpox sore in an attempted to show cowpox provided protection against smallpox
He then demonstrated that cowpox matter transferred in a human chain will provide protection from smallpox.
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