Forgotten heroes Nov 18, 2009
LOTTERY'S 'UNSUNG HEROES' 1: Michael Faraday, physicist 2: JM Barrie, author 3: Edward Jenner, smallpox vaccine pioneer 4: John Peel, broadcaster 5: Alan Turing, mathematician 6: Baldrick, Blackadder character 7: Midge Ure, singer 8: Percy Shaw, cat's eyes inventor 9: Tim Berners-Lee, worldwide web inventor 10: Fred Scott, BBC cameraman Source: National Lottery. Thomas Clarkson, for instance, contributed hugely to the abolition of the slave trade, yet William Wilberforce MP is the man most... (BBC News -- UK)
Inoculating Against Fear of Vaccination Nov 9, 2009
"This is actually the earliest form of vaccination, that even came before Edward Jenner, and this involved taking live smallpox from a smallpox sore and rubbing into a person's arm or leg," said journalist Arthur Allen ... By 1796, Englishman Edward Jenner proved that scratching the relatively mild cowpox into a person's skin would stave off smallpox. (CBS News)
Vaccination: 5 Things You Didn't Know Nov 5, 2009
The early work of vaccine pioneers such as Edward Jenner truly came to fruition in 1840 when the British government passed the Vaccination Act of 1840, which initially provided free smallpox vaccinations for the country's poor. However, with the passage of the Vaccination Act of 1853, smallpox vaccination suddenly became compulsory for all children in the first three months of life, and furthermore, the Act carried with it a fine or imprisonment for parents who didn't have their children... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Discovery of the Smallpox Vacci... Oct 9, 2009
Though Edward Jenner is credited with developing the first smallpox vaccine, inoculation had long been practiced in other parts of the world ... Edward Jenner and the Modern Vaccine ... Early studies of the use of the cowpox virus to prevent smallpox had been done in 1727 and 1766, but it is British physician Edward Jenner who is generally credited with developing the first smallpox vaccine; the word vaccine was taken from the Latin "vaca," for cow. (Suite101.com)
A pox on you Oct 4, 2009
Part of the problem was the nature of inoculation: Unlike with a vaccination, which would be introduced by Edward Jenner in 1798, inoculated patients could infect others with smallpox for weeks after the procedure, and they were safest if housed in a special hospital. Several towns began building hospitals specifically for smallpox inoculation. (Boston Globe)
7 Diseases We'd Forgotten-- Until They Returned Aug 15, 2009
While the British doctor Edward Jenner gave the first injection in 1796, the World Health Organization did not declare the disease eradicated until 1980. But replicating the success of the smallpox effort with any other disease has yet to happen. (ABC News)
Henderson led WHO's effort to rid the world of smallpox Jun 30, 2009
1796: First smallpox vaccine made by English doctor Edward Jenner, using cowpox virus. 1950: Freeze-dried vaccine developed. (USA Today)
Rational Design Of Vaccines: A Long But Essential Journey May 17, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2009) The holy grail of the defence mechanism against infectious diseases and tumours has not yet been discovered. In the search for a master switch in the immune apparatus of humans and animals, many strategies still need to be explored before the enormous potency of this complex system can be activated and controlled in the right manner. (Science Daily)
Newfoundland Doctor Began Smallpox ... Apr 14, 2009
Working on the smallpox dilemma in England, Dr. Edward Jenner began vaccinations in 1798. He wrote letters about his methods of hindering the contagious disease to his colleague and friend in Canada, Dr. John Clinch. (Suite101.com)
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Used On Human Mar 28, 2009
Edward Jenner, the English physician who first invented a smallpox vaccine, included his own son among the children he first gave the immunization. And Jonas Salk, an inventor of polio vaccine, reportedly gave the vaccine to himself and his entire family before making it public. (CBS News)
Thank you Obama Mar 17, 2009
Or Edward Jenner in 1796, who invented the small pox vaccine. What if Dr. Christian Bernard were banned from performing open heart surgery. (New Iberia, LA)
