USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One scientific advancement of the 18th century included Edward Jenner’s vaccine against ____
A
Polio
B
Smallpox
C
Bubonic Plague
D
Influenza
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The smallpox vaccine, introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796, was the first successful vaccine to be developed. He observed that milkmaids who previously had caught cowpox did not catch smallpox and showed that inoculated vaccinia protected against inoculated variola virus.

Detailed explanation-2: -The basis for vaccination began in 1796 when the English doctor Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox were protected from smallpox. Jenner also knew about variolation and guessed that exposure to cowpox could be used to protect against smallpox.

Detailed explanation-3: -1796. Dr. Edward Jenner finds that vaccination with the cowpox virus can protect a person from smallpox infection and creates a smallpox vaccine. He publishes his findings in 1798.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dr Edward Jenner created the world’s first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jenner, a country physician, invented vaccination with cowpox to replace the fearful dangers of inoculation with smallpox. This development resulted in immunity to smallpox and ushered in the era of preventive measures for contagious diseases (World Health News.

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