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What is Smallpox:
Smallpox is a very serious illness caused by a virus called the Variola Virus. Smallpox gets its name from blisters (pocks) full of pus that form during the illness. Although chickenpox and smallpox sound a bit alike, they are not connected in anyway. Chickenpox is a milder disease caused by a different virus than Smallpox.
What did this scientist research/discover?
In 1796, Edward Jenner discovered a vaccination for the disease Smallpox. Before Edward Jenner was born Smallpox was a serious disease and its victims were mostly young children.
Some background information regarding medical science at that time:
In the eighteenth century, before Edward Jenner, smallpox was a killer disease, as contagious and as far spread than cancer or heart disease in the twentieth century and the majority of its victims were infants and young children. In 1980, as a result of Edward's discovery, the World Health Assembly declared that "the world and its peoples" are free from smallpox.
What did this scientist study before their made their discovery? (own question)
Edward Jenner had worked as a doctor in his early years. His research was based on careful observation's that more than a hundred years before scientists couldn't explain the viruses themselves. Edward Jenner's discovery was so successful that he had proved the British Government to not go forth with banning all treatments for Smallpox. Edward Jenner had also invented the word "Vaccination," for his treatment. (He got it from the Latin word 'vacca', a cow), which was also used by Louis Pasteur for his immunization against any disease.
What difference did he make to the medical science?
Edward made a difference to the medical science by creating a cure for the disease Smallpox. He helped saved peoples lives from it as it was very contagious. He gave people hope that they could get through it and also prevent them from getting it even worse.
Other relevant information which will help you explain the significance of their discovery:
When Edward Jenner was young, he studied to be a country doctor. He was fascinated by the smallpox disease and one day Edward decided to try out a theory he had developed on the disease. A young boy named James Phipps would be the person he tested it on. He took some pus from cowpox blisters Edward then injected some of the pus into James. Over a number of days he kept repeating the process, increasing the amount of pus he put into the boy each day. Then he purposely injected James with smallpox. James eventually became ill, as all victims did, but after a few days he made a full recovery from the cowpox pus Edward had injected into him with no side effects. Edward Jenner had made a brilliant discovery that would change the way of medical science tremendously.
What impact/contributions did the scientist make to the medical world?
Edward Jenner impacted contributed to the medical world by creating a cure that prevents people getting the disease Smallpox and preventing people from dying, especially children. Smallpox was a very feared disease back then and one in every three people who got it died. For those people who did survive they were badly disfigured.
What is Smallpox:
Smallpox is a very serious illness caused by a virus called the Variola Virus. Smallpox gets its name from blisters (pocks) full of pus that form during the illness. Although chickenpox and smallpox sound a bit alike, they are not connected in anyway. Chickenpox is a milder disease caused by a different virus than Smallpox.
What did this scientist research/discover?
In 1796, Edward Jenner discovered a vaccination for the disease Smallpox. Before Edward Jenner was born Smallpox was a serious disease and its victims were mostly young children.
Some background information regarding medical science at that time:
In the eighteenth century, before Edward Jenner, smallpox was a killer disease, as contagious and as far spread than cancer or heart disease in the twentieth century and the majority of its victims were infants and young children. In 1980, as a result of Edward's discovery, the World Health Assembly declared that "the world and its peoples" are free from smallpox.
What did this scientist study before their made their discovery? (own question)
Edward Jenner had worked as a doctor in his early years. His research was based on careful observation's that more than a hundred years before scientists couldn't explain the viruses themselves. Edward Jenner's discovery was so successful that he had proved the British Government to not go forth with banning all treatments for Smallpox. Edward Jenner had also invented the word "Vaccination," for his treatment. (He got it from the Latin word 'vacca', a cow), which was also used by Louis Pasteur for his immunization against any disease.
What difference did he make to the medical science?
Edward made a difference to the medical science by creating a cure for the disease Smallpox. He helped saved peoples lives from it as it was very contagious. He gave people hope that they could get through it and also prevent them from getting it even worse.
Other relevant information which will help you explain the significance of their discovery:
When Edward Jenner was young, he studied to be a country doctor. He was fascinated by the smallpox disease and one day Edward decided to try out a theory he had developed on the disease. A young boy named James Phipps would be the person he tested it on. He took some pus from cowpox blisters Edward then injected some of the pus into James. Over a number of days he kept repeating the process, increasing the amount of pus he put into the boy each day. Then he purposely injected James with smallpox. James eventually became ill, as all victims did, but after a few days he made a full recovery from the cowpox pus Edward had injected into him with no side effects. Edward Jenner had made a brilliant discovery that would change the way of medical science tremendously.
What impact/contributions did the scientist make to the medical world?
Edward Jenner impacted contributed to the medical world by creating a cure that prevents people getting the disease Smallpox and preventing people from dying, especially children. Smallpox was a very feared disease back then and one in every three people who got it died. For those people who did survive they were badly disfigured.