Smallpox

producing antibodies against the disease that you want to prevent. This revolutionary method was discovered by British doctor Edward Jenner in 1796, who found out that by inoculating people with the cowpox virus they were also protected from the smallpox virus and that the immunity could be passed from one person to another. I have to stress that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has no official policy on mandatory vaccinations, and I wish to quote Alison Brunier, communications officer…

Edward Jenner developed the first vaccination to cure smallpox; he did so by “injecting a dead or mild form of a virus or bacteria into the body in order to stimulate production of antibodies” (Lee and Carson-Dewitt). In case of infection later, these antibodies would provide additional protection. In the 18th century, smallpox was spreading rapidly; Jenner was able to create a vaccination to save lives by using cowpox, a milder version of smallpox. Due to this discovery, vaccinations are now…

and tested extensively before a caregiver can administer them to children. Protect Future Generations: Vaccines have eliminated many conditions that killed and disabled people a few generations ago. One example is smallpox. Children of today no longer need to get vaccinated for smallpox because it no longer exists. Getting your child vaccinated now will protect future generations. To learn more about the benefits of vaccination, feel free to talk to the healthcare team of ACCESS Nursing…

Recently there has been great discussion on the subject of vaccinations. Families who do not want their children to be vaccinated are able to claim “religious” or “personal” reasons for not vaccinating. It has become widely spread that vaccinations have a link to autism and other disabilities.Some celebrities have been using their place in the public eye to reinforce the decisions against vaccination. A vaccine is the introduction of a weakened virus to the immune system in order to let the body…

Tatyana Andriyesh English 1202 September 29, 2016 Children, Vaccines and Safety Many people as they get older hope to someday have kids and with kids comes a lot of responsibility. Its starts off with preparing for the babies arrival, they imagine the things they have to buy, the things they have to do and once the baby comes they are hoping it is all over, but it is not. It starts with going to the doctor for the one month check up, and then the two month, four, six, nine and so forth. With…

was the process of preventing smallpox by purposefully infecting a person with the disease in a controlled manner to prevent further infection (Meacham). This practice spread to America during the 17th century, during a smallpox epidemic. However, in 1796 English physician Edward Jenner attempted a newer method of inoculation: Jenner transported cowpox directly from an infected milkmaid into the arm of a child and, after two months, he exposed the child to smallpox and the child remained…

relatively disease free and we owe so much of that to vaccines. Despite the overwhelming evidence, people still have questions and concerns. Which is okay. In 1798, smallpox was killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. Until Edward Jenner that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox, a less deadly form of the disease, didn’t get smallpox. This was the first vaccine. Vaccines are like training exercise for your body, They use dead or damaged viruses to provoke an immune response, without…

Even as modern medicine has significantly produced the current quality of life, work on behalf of the average person could improve it more. This day and age provides modern wonders such as heart transplants, chemotherapy, and arthroscopic surgery. However, due to unfounded claims and improper scientific study, some of the population (namely the affluent and gullible) has started to believe that vaccination causes diseases or disorders, instead of preventing them. It is important to be properly…

chickenpox can also cause shingles to develop. Subsequently in the 1600s, an English physician named Richard Morton described what he thought a mild form of smallpox as "chicken pox." Later, in 1767, a physician named William Heberden, also from England, was the first physician to clearly demonstrate that chickenpox was different from smallpox.…

1000 CE. A vaccine timeline on historyofvaccines.org shows that there is evidence that the Chinese in early 1000 CE employed a smallpox inoculation and it was also practiced through Africa and Turkey as well (History of Vaccines). The next big vaccine epidemic started with Edward Jenner. He was a very successful man when his use of cowpox material to create immunity to smallpox quickly made the practice wide-spread in 1796. Edward Jenner took pus from a cow pox lesion on an infected woman and…