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14th May 1796: English physician and scientist Edward Jenner tests the process of vaccination against smallpox using cowpox infection

  • 14th May 2022
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Disease, Edward Jenner, Medicine, Science, Smallpox, Vaccination

Jenner scientifically tested, and proved, that infection with the mild disease of cowpox gave immunity to the more dangerous smallpox disease.

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2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

  • 2nd February 2022
  • Tagged as: Alaska, Diptheria, Disease, Dog, Dogsled, Health, Medicine, Snow, United States

A potential diphtheria epidemic in Alaska was avoided after a dogsled relay transported vials of antitoxin 674 miles in five and a half days in “Great Race of Mercy”.

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27th March 1915: Typhoid Mary placed in permanent quarantine in New York

  • 27th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Disease, Health, Ireland, Medicine, New York
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/03-27-Typhoid-Mary-placed-in-permanent-quarantine.mp3

Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York.

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11th September 1978: Last ever death from smallpox

  • 11th September 2020
  • Tagged as: Disease, England, Health, Medicine, Science, United Kingdom, Vaccination
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/09-11-Last-ever-person-dies-from-smallpox-in-Birmingham-UK.mp3

On the 11th September 1978, Janet Parker became the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox.

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11th March 1918: First confirmed case of ‘Spanish Flu’

  • 11th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, Disease, Europe, First World War, Health, Spain, USA

On the 11th March 1918 the first confirmed case of what was to become known as Spanish Flu was identified at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, a huge military facility in Kansas.

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28th September 1928: Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming

  • 28th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Disease, Drugs, Health, Medicine, Science

On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first antibiotic.

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14th May 1796: Edward Jenner vaccinates against smallpox

  • 14th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Disease, Health, Medicine, Science
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/05-14-Edward-Jenner.mp3

On the 14th May 1796, English physician and scientist Edward Jenner purposefully infected 8-year James Phipps with cowpox.

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