Smallpox

Native American Tribes. When a smallpox epidemic occurred at Fort Pitt (located in what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in June of 1763, Captain Ecuyer sent blankets from the hospitals to Native Americans” (Decker 96). This example proves that biological warfare got used in the past as a weapon. The captain hoped to infect the Native Americans with smallpox. This example does not stand alone. “A more recent U.S. biological attack occurred just after the Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001,…

Also, the cowpox vaccine was not very easy to get access, preserve, or transmit. There were still biological factors that produced the immunity that were still not understood, but despite all of the errors, the death rate from smallpox dropped dramatically. Jenner received many recognitions worldwide including a letter from Thomas Jefferson thanking him for his discovery, but Jenner did not try to make himself rich through his breakthrough. He devoted so much time to the vaccine…

the origin of vaccinations, the first observation of germs, information on infectious diseases like polio and smallpox, and the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS infection. English Physician Edward Jenner developed a small pox vaccine, in late 1796. Jenner came to the conclusion that by infecting a child with cowpox, a mild form of smallpox, the body could build immunity to smallpox. This case is where vaccines first originated from and lead to other vaccine discoveries like the rabies…

Smallpox Smallpox is/was the most serious threat to human health throughout the world. The point of this paper is to educate and inform the reader facts and information about Small Pox. Smallpox is a contagious disease that is caused by the Variola virus. Smallpox is transmitted through person to person by face to face contact, direct contact with contaminated fluids and objects, and rarely, through the air. (NIH.) Smallpox is a very serious illness caused by a virus called the…

Introduction Smallpox is a vicious disease that once swept the globe plaguing and causing frenzy among many, even the most powerful of civilizations. Smallpox, also known as the variola virus, leaves its victims with hundreds of open sores that fill with pus and later scab over, disfiguring them and many times causing death. Coupled with a high fever, smallpox is extremely contagious as it can spread through contact with the infected individual’s saliva, coughs, sneezes or even close contact…

Jenner lived between the years 1749 and 1823. During that time period, Smallpox was a disease that killed approximately between 10% and 20% of the population. It was a horrible disease that left multiple deep scars all over people’s bodies if it did not kill them first. During the time period of Chapter 19, many advances were made in medicine. Dr. Jenner’s discovery, experimentation, and invention of the vaccine for smallpox is one of those many advances. Dr. Jenner is considered the…

Smallpox, which was once the most feared disease known to mankind. This disease caused lives impossible to withstand through, all the suffering they went into before they died. It became known as an epidemic disease that ended up exterminating thousands of people. Smallpox started out in Hispaniola originated among African slaves in the silver mines of Haiti and Dominican Republic. Because of no cure, it traveled to the island of Puerto Rico, and then Cuba. It was only a matter of time until it…

in 1796 to create an immunity to smallpox after noticing that women who contracted cowpox from milking cows did not develop smallpox. Jenner used material from these women’s cowpox sores to manufacture his vaccine. This origin gave the word vaccine its name, which is rooted in vacca, the Latin word for cow. This first vaccine generated controversy, and skeptics worried the treatment would turn people into cows. Scientists continued to improve upon Jenner’s smallpox vaccine. In the twentieth…

terror of smallpox to the attention of millions of people by bringing the virus to a personal level. The crucial scientists in this book are Peter Jahrling (chief scientist at United States Army Medical Response Institute of Infectious Disease or USAMRIID for short), D.A. Henderson (former director of WHO vaccination program), Lisa Hensley (disease researcher working with USAMRIID), and Ken Alibek (defector from Russia) work day and night to either find a vaccination or eradicate smallpox for…

only during his time period, but also the rest of the foreseeable future. Edward Jenner was the father of vaccination, which allowed immunization for smallpox, and then give the footprints of the immunization of several other diseases and illness in the future. This report states why Edward Jenner is the best nominee. 1.2 Problem Introduction Smallpox appeared around 10,000 bce. It is highly contagious and causes disfiguration from lesions and blisters. After the incubation period, the…