Smallpox

medicinal remedies. A major technique that was practiced during the time of the smallpox epidemic was inoculation. Inoculation was a perilous procedure as it involved extracting the pus out of one of the smallpox pustules and then injecting it into a healthy person. The goal of the procedure was to grant a person with immunity from smallpox. Regardless, patrons who participated in inoculations exhibited symptoms of smallpox, but in a milder form and the morality rate amongst the participants…

Smallpox is a contagious disease that is often fatal. It is caused by the variola virus. Smallpox produces a fever and easily identifiable rash. In 1980, smallpox was declared an eradicated disease following a very successful vaccination program. However, after September 2001, the United States governments took steps to be prepared with a bioterrorism attack using smallpox as a weapon of mass destruction. As a result of this effort, there is a national response plan to be able to vaccinate…

Since the creation of the first smallpox vaccine in 1796, vaccinations have saved millions of lives around the world from the most lethal diseases. According to the CDC, vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years. Failing to be immunized can lead to a more dangerous secondary illness, for instance contracting Hepatitis B can lead to severe cirrhosis of the liver, and failing to get a Pneumococcal Vaccine can lead to…

My chosen exemplar is Edward Jenner (1749-1823). Edward Jenner is the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine during the eighteenth century which saved many lives at that time and still till this day. Jenner has been widely known as the ‘father of immunology’. Jenner’s publication of his findings that cowpox could protect against the fatal disease, smallpox, gotten him support by the scientific community. Jenner was also promoting vaccination among the poor. Jenner went on to form many scientific…

smallpox had a major impact on human health dating back to around 10,000 BC. Hundreds of thousands of people died due to this disease and the fact that nobody knew a cure. Smallpox had a major impact on society and trade and there were not many treatments for it for a long while. So many causes, so many deaths, only one treatment. smallpox is caused by infection with the variola virus, this can be transmitted in many ways. The virus can be transmitted directly from person to person through…

Since the beginning of time, diseases have existed and troubled humanity. Just alone, the extremely contagious and deadly disease, smallpox took the lives of 400 million until it was eradicated in 1977. For decades, smallpox infected thousand of native americans who was extremely vulnerable to the disease brought by early settlers from Europe. The european contact brought huge epidemics, plowing through villages and the population of the native americans, causing panic and widespread hatred…

gh Public Health Preparedness 11/6/15 Smallpox Basic Outline Introduction 1. The preparedness community has vastly changed since we first started working toward eradicating smallpox. They have made progressions in areas of communication plans, isolation and quarantine, environmental control, and checklist for different levels of government. 2. These developments and actions have helped toward the progression of eradicating other diseases. The smallpox health initiative action plan helped…

bothered by one of the notorious variola diseases through the course of time: smallpox. He described such conditions caused by these viruses as a potentially greater threat; greater than “the Sword of the Enemy”. This virus not only threatened his life, but it compromised their victory of Washington’s army as well, when they were fighting for independence from Britain (Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, 2015). Smallpox and other variant viruses continued to ravage not only…

Smallpox is arguably one of the most important epidemics that ever affected the world. Smallpox was disease that plagued populations all throughout history with its highly infectious nature and high mortality rates. It was a disease that razed populations for generations. But beyond its fatalistic nature, Smallpox was important in another arena as well; it was the only disease that was successfully eradicated through a collective global health initiative. The Smallpox disease itself mirrors…

Smallpox was a disease that had the capability to ravage entire communities, spreading fast and killing efficiently, yet not much is heard about the disease anymore. That is because a vaccine against smallpox was developed and widely distributed, and the disease was effectively driven to extinction because it was incapable of infecting and spreading between people. Vaccines, which are weakened forms of a disease that allow a person to develop a resistance to said diseases, have allowed humans…