Could catching cow pox prevent people from catching small pox?
I think I can stop you from ever getting smallpox! It won't hurt...much!
OH NO!
Edward Jenner was a scientist who wanted to conquer Smallpox. One day he observed Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid get infected by Cowpox.
Noting the common observation that milkmaids immune to smallpox, Jenner suggested that the pus in the blisters that milkmaids recieved from cowpox protected them from smallpox.
Jenner tested his hypothesis by inoculating James Phipps, an 8 year old boy. He scraped pus from cowpox blisters on the hands of Sarah Nelmes.
Dr. Edward JennerVaccinaDear the British government,The initial source of infection was a disease of horses, called "the grease", which was transferred to cattle by farm workers, transformed, and then manifested as cowpox. If variolation after infection with cowpox fails to produce a smallpox infection, immunity to smallpox has been achieved.
Jenner inoculated Phipps in both arms that day, subsequently producing in Phipps a fever and uneasiness, but no full-blown infection.
Later, he injected Phipps with various material but no disease followed. The boy was challenged with various material and again showed no sign of infection.
Eventually, vaccine was accepted , and in 1840 the British government banned variolation and provided vaccination using cowpox free of cost.
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