Janet Parker first became ill on 11 August, but nine days passed before she was admitted to hospital and her infection was identified as smallpox.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Janet Parker first became ill on 11 August, but nine days passed before she was admitted to hospital and her infection was identified as smallpox.
Jenner scientifically tested, and proved, that infection with the mild disease of cowpox gave immunity to the more dangerous smallpox disease.
On the 11th September 1978, Janet Parker became the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox.
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