Smallpox

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Smallpox

• Inoculation gives way to Vaccination

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What is Smallpox?

• It is a virus spread much as the flu is spread
• Rashes give way to full blown pus filled
  blisters.
• 1 in 3 exposed to the disease will die
• Survivors will have permanent scars

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Inoculation v Vaccination

• Inoculation page 116
• Define inoculation
• Where did the idea come from?
• What were the benefits?
• What were the drawbacks?

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Edward Jenner

• What was Jenners job and where was he based?
  Page 117
• Why did Milkmaids think that they did not need a
  smallpox inoculation?
• Who was Sarah Nelmes?
• Who was James Phipps?
• What does vaccination mean?
• Look at Source 6, Explain what is going on in the
  graph. In particular, why was there such a spike
  around 1870?

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Why was there opposition to Vaccination

• Draw a spider diagram showing reasons for
  opposing vaccination
• Page 118
• Look at source 9
• In your own words and diagrams explain how the
  immune system works
• Why couldnt Jenner himself correctly explain how
  his vaccination worked?

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• Prevention
• Cause
• Cure