A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Edward Jenner performs the first vaccination
1796 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Science
The smallpox vaccine is used to prevent smallpox infection caused by the variola virus. It is the first vaccine to have been developed against a contagious disease. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner demonstrated that an infection with the relatively mild cowpox virus conferred immunity against the deadly smallpox virus.
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