Introduction A vaccine contains a weakened version of a virus that is harmless to one and makes an individual immune to that virus. In this paper‚ I will discuss the history of vaccines and immunization. I will also examine both the pros and cons of vaccinations and attempt to come up with a conclusion. History of Vaccines Vaccination is a wonder of modern medicine. According to Sanford and Kimmel (2005)‚ “Vaccines have been highly effective in eliminating or significantly decreasing the occurrence
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1796Present * 1796 Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination Edward Jenner‚ an English doctor‚ tested his theory that milkmaids who suffered minor cowpox never contracted smallpox by inserting pus from a cowpox pustule into a young boy. He was later proven to be immune and this became the first recorded vaccination. * 1799 Humphry Davy discovered laughing gas for pain relief Humphry Davy recognized the analgesic (pain-relieving) properties of nitrous oxide when he inhaled it while he had
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spread to China‚ India and Turkey‚ and by the late 1700s‚ was practiced by European physicians (10). In 1798 the English physician Edward Jenner established a much safer practice‚ demonstrating that another poxvirus‚ CPXV‚ could be used to prevent smallpox infections in humans (10). After absorbing‚ that milkmaids who developed cowpox lesions are resistant to smallpox. Jenner took a fluid from a cowpox pustule on a dairymaid’s hand and used it for inoculation of an 8-year-old
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In Jenner’s Vaccination Against Smallpox In Edward Jenner’s Vaccination Against Smallpox‚ the way Jenner experiments on the people in his village questions whether or not his actions were ethical. Jenner’s work on the people in his community addresses many health risks due to the smallpox disease‚ his work may have had both purpose and justification‚ but the way Jenner carried out his experiments were very dangerous and harmful to his community. Jenner put many people’s lives in jeopardy including
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The smallpox virus was once one of the most feared diseases in the world‚ and for good reason. Variola was a contagious virus that caused fever and painful‚ pus filled blisters all over the body. Victims had about a one fourth chance of survival‚ and survivors were covered with small‚ pitted scars and sometimes blinded or arthritic. Popping sporadically up in various civilizations‚ smallpox left a trail of destruction through two thousand plus years of mankind’s history. The story of smallpox is
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The early techniques of prevention of smallpox were later known as inoculation or variolation. In China‚ powdered scabs of smallpox pustules were blown into the nostrils of healthy persons through a tube. The mechanism of variolation was understood by many prominent ancient cultures in that they knew that prior exposure of uninfected people to mild strains of the Variola virus would induce an immune response in the inoculated subjects who would produce a faster immune response when later exposed
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Medicine before the 20th century was nothing compared to how it is in modern day. Before medicine was improved‚ there was a guy named Edward Jenner and he was a physician and a scientist and was the first individual to present scientific status on smallpox and to follow its scientific investigation. This led to Edward Jenner being known as the first to create the first vaccine in the world. He was the first scientist and physician to verify that vaccinations indeed worked. Smallpox stared off in
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History of Vaccines According to the Historical Medical Library of Physicians of Philadelphia‚ the Chinese would scrape scabs from smallpox victims on to healthy open pores of the arm dating back to 1000AD. They believed that exposing a person to a small amount of the disease would help them build up immunity towards it. This was also called inoculation. Such ideas inspired what we now call immunizations or vaccines. The history of vaccines begins with the emergence of incurable diseases including
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Judgment is commonly referred as an evaluation or an opinion. The word is often seen with a negative connotation of criticism. Yet‚ as much of a negative connotation as it withholds it is an action used to give one’s opinion about something. As our time period changes and the norms and standards change so does our judgment and views of the world. Thus‚ leading to the judgment of significant events that allow for the development of knowledge. This allows for the questioning of certain areas of knowledge
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borne disease‚ had infected 50 million people worldwide by 1959‚ however‚ in Czechoslovakia‚ the disease had been eradicated in 1924. Topic #1: Implementing intensified smallpox vaccination programs The smallpox vaccine was invented in 1798 by Edward Jenner‚ and it offers protection from the disease for 3 - 5 years from the
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