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11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

  • 11th September 2022
  • Tagged as: Birmingham, Britain, Disease, England, Medicine, Smallpox, Vaccination
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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.

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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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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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