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Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

In 1796, Edward Jenner, a British physician, demonstrated that infection caused by cowpox (vaccinia) coincidently protected a patient against smallpox.

Technically, it means inoculation with the vaccinia virus, which is the cowpox virus. In 1796, Jenner discovered that this procedure triggered immunity against smallpox.

Smallpox, once a deadly global scourge, became the first eradicated disease thanks to an accidental discovery by Edward Jenner, who pioneered vaccination using cowpox in 1796.

Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in the late 1970s, which means there is no immunity in the population as a whole. So what is the history of Smallpox?

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Edward Jenner and two colleagues seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, the dead smallpox victims are littered at their feet. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808.