Smallpox

most-feared disease, causing death and paralysis across the country” (“Five”). There are countless other diseases that have been rendered less dangerous by vaccines. Smallpox, as discussed in the article, “How Vaccinations Save Lives,” is another devastating disease that once affected thousands of people. With the smallpox vaccine, however, smallpox was “officially wiped out in 1980” (“How”). Vaccines also protect against…

Edward Jenner (17 May 1749-26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist. He is known for being the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine. 60% of the population in Britain at the time caught smallpox and 20% of the population died of it. Jenner was also the first person to describe the brood parasitism of the cuckoo, which is when an organism relies on others to raise its young. He was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire and worked there as well. Major events that…

Abstract Smallpox is a highly infectious disease caused by the Variola virus. This report explores the taxonomic classification, “life cycle”, and mechanism of replication of this pathogen, as well as discusses the virulence and treatment options for an infected human host. This member of the Orthopoxvirus genus is extremely virulent, and has a fatality rate of nearly 30%. While this virus only attacks a human host, similar members of the Voxviridae family produce similar infections in animals.…

became infected with cowpox, but not smallpox when smallpox outbreaks occurred in the community (Stern & Markel, 2005). Edward Jenner decided to test this observation using cowpox (Stern & Markel, 2005). In 1796, Jenner took pus from a cowpox lesion and inoculated James Phipps, who was eight years old at the time (Stern & Markel, 2005). Edward Jenner inoculated Phipps with smallpox several weeks after the inoculation of cowpox and Phipps never contracted smallpox (Stern & Markel, 2005). After…

of immunization. Smallpox is believed to have appeared around 10’000 BC. Mankind had long been trying to find a cure for this epidemic. The fatality of the disease caused deaths of hundreds of thousands of people annually while leaving the survivors with disfiguring scars and blindness. It is believed that active immunization began in Asia, China and India with the practice of variolation. Variolation involved the deliberate inoculation of small amounts of material from smallpox…

In this paper, I wanted to review “Smallpox in Washington's Army: Strategic Implications of the Disease during the American Revolutionary War” by Ann M. Becker. Smallpox was an infection. Many people were dead if they contact with people who had smallpox. Fortunately, we had the treatment to heal the smallpox today by receiving inoculation and it was not a threat anymore. From this article, I understood that smallpox was a problem for American’s soldiers to face during the Revolutionary War. In…

red. This color was chosen due to the folklore that the smallpox god enjoyed it. Red is now not only recognized as a smallpox protection but also functions as a general illness protection, specifically in relation to the Daruma doll itself. Another belief involving red is that those who are sick may be clothed in the color and it will promote being cured. Gohei, red strips, were commonly used to decorate the altar dedicated to the smallpox god. The piece itself involves a flat representation of…

The Demon in the Freezer Book Report The Demon in the Freezer written by Richard Preston is a biological book discusses bioweapon attack of anthrax after 9/11 and the threat to the world. The book also provides the history of eradication of smallpox which is the worst human disease. After the biologists save 70,000,000 lives, some scientists use the remained stockpiles to invent bioweapons, which shocks the eradicators. The American government starts to be highly aware and search the biological…

Since early times in History, the world has had diseases, plagues, viruses that cannot be cured. Even today, with all of our scientist discoveries, there are still some diseases that the medical profession cannot cure. Thankfully, organizations such as Center for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Medical Association (AMA), and many other organizations have been created for the common people’s benefit. These organizations, have safely proven that vaccines can and…

When a person gets Smallpox, their body gets covered with small fluid filled bumps all over the body. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this disease is contagious for at least ten days and does not stop spreading the disease until all the scabs fall off of the body (Smallpox). Until the vaccine was made for Smallpox, thirty percent of people that contracted this disease died. An article named, “Who Fact Sheet on Smallpox” made by Communicable Disease Surveillance…