Small+Pox

= 19th Century Smallpox Virus = ====Smallpox is a virus combined of two smaller viruses variants called variola major and variola minor meaning "spotted" or "pimple" like. In the human body, smallpox is contained in small blood vessels right beneath our skin and in our oropharyngeal. Approximately twelve days after the virus enters the body, the symptoms start to become noticeable. Smallpox symptoms include the common cold, fever, muscle and head aches, vomiting and nausea. Nearly 15 days after the virus is consumed, the visible symptoms, such as the small red spots that grow increasingly and rupture when to large blister list bubbles all over the skin. If the infected patient is able to conquer the virus, history states that when they arrive home, its hard for siblings and family to tell who they are because of bad scar tissue for the rest of the persons life.====

====As the smallpox virus continued, more and more people began to die. It seemed as if everything you touch, taste, and smell would infect you and your family. Smallpox took the lives of millions of people over thousands of years. The WHO officially eradicated smallpox in the year 1979 and is continuing on today. Smallpox was one of the first of many virus's that have been successfully prevented by immunizations ([|wikipedia]).====

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= = = Edward Jenner =

** Accomplishments with Smallpox **
====Edward Jenner's main focus was "to accept the idea that making someone sick could prevent further sickness" ([|Fallows]). With this concept at hand, Jenner took into study the similarities between cow pox and small pox and believed to discover a distant relationship between the two. With the cowpox virus at hand, Jenner put thought into action on his first patient. He mad an incision into the arm of a young boy and with a scapula, wiped the cowpox virus into the young boys blood stream. As days past this young boy got sick with cowpox, and as he conquered the sickness, Jenner infected the boy with small pox. Edward was headed in the right direction when the child's body rejected the smallpox virus. Europe took a big step and made vaccinations the new way of fighting diseases. This was not the first time the vaccination has been preformed but Jenner took a big step in his life making him "well known around the world today] for his innovative contribution to immunization and the ultimate eradication of smallpox" ([|Riedal]).====

"In science credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs." //— francis galton //

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//Fallows, James. "The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel." //The Atlantic //. N.p., 23 Oct. 2013. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. //

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Riedal, Stefan, M.D., Ph.D. "Edward Jenner and the History of Smallpox and Vaccination." //Edward Jenner and the History of Smallpox and Vaccination // 18 (2005): 21-25. 2012. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

Smallpox Documentary //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Dir. Damian Weyand. Perf. Donald R. Hopkins M.D., Donald A. Henderson M.D., and Dr. Ken Alibek. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Edward Jenner vs. Smallpox //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. National Geographic, 23 July 2013. Web. 28 Dec. 2012. //

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