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 ...

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So here's the wonder of Jenner's discovery: Vaccination gives you immunity to smallpox, but it cannot give you smallpox, or spread it. In other words, it offers the benefit without the terrible risk." ...

Prior to Jenner's discovery, smallpox had been lethal worldwide for centuries. Historically, the ancient Chinese experimented with cures by extracting exudate from lesions of smallpox victims.

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.

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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.