Edward+Jenner

Edward Jenner(1749-1823)  "I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox." Edward Jenner set up a medical practice at Berkeley. Most of his patients worked on farms or were farmers, Berkeley is a rural community. He developed the first vaccination in 1796 to the smallpox disease.  He first became aware of the problem of smallpox and its link with cowpox when he was  fourteen and an apprentice to Dr. Ludlow. Most  people who caught cowpox would not get smallpox. He believed that if you inject someone with the pus from cowpox they will be protected from small pox. He developed the first vaccination in 1796. He heard a maid talking about how she had cowpox, which is a less deadly disease than smallpox. Edward decided to try and use the pus from the cowpox and inject it into a young boy, the age of eight, by putting it into cuts that he made. He thought that the germs from the cowpox would help the body defend itself from smallpox. The boy developed cowpox and recovered. Edward then injected the boy with smallpox. He had to deal with the fact that his experiment could have a reverse effect. The young boy never developed smallpox and soon the vaccination was being used all over Europe. Vaccination against smallpox remained the only preventative immunization until Louis Pasteur. In 1798 after some more successful tests, he published his experiments: //An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Known by the Name of Cow Pox.// He called it **//vaccination//** which is from the Latin word Vaccinia meaning cowpox. <span style="color: rgb(8, 7, 8);">Edward is the reason other vaccines have been invented for many other illnesses and are still being discovered, because of him less people were killed by smallpox and other diseases. He took the risk and followed through with it. <span style="color: rgb(12, 8, 10);"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 9, 9);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(138, 40, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(122, 63, 151);">

<span style="font-size: 170%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(58, 169, 233);">"Making a discovery may never come or it may take a long time and only come to fruition after your death - it is a privilege to make a real difference in your own life time." <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(138, 40, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(122, 63, 151);">

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<span style="font-size: 160%; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Notebook Activity: An Acrostic Poem for Edward or Jenner

E: Earned the reputation for the cure of smallpox. D: Devoted to his experiment. W:"Wowed" Europe with his discovery. A: A young boy was his first experiment. R: Realized the relationship between cowpox and smallpox. D: Decided to make a difference.

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