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To what extent did the work of Edward Jenner aid the progression of medical knowledge and treatment?
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To what extent did the work of Edward Jenner aid the progression of medical knowledge and treatment? Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was an English country doctor who practiced medicine in Gloucestershire. He is famous as the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine. Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a virus spread through coughing, sneezing and physical contact with an infected person. It once proved to be one of the biggest killer diseases, killing an estimated 60 million Europeans in the 18th century alone. In desperation, many infected persons turned to herbal treatments similar to those used by Grace Mildmay, a prodominant woman in the line of healing, during the seventeenth century. Innoculation was the first method of prevention in relation to smallpox. The observation of Chinese doctors led them to believe that speading matter from a smallpox scab onto an open cut...
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