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The smallpox vaccination

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The smallpox vaccination

Linsi Osland & Alyssa Kampsen
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What is smallpox?

  • An infectious disease caused by the Variola virus
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Symptoms

  • fever/lethargy
  • headache, sore throat, vomiting
  • raised rash
  • sores inside mouth, throat, nose
  • fluid filled postules
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Results

1) one in every three people die after 2 weeks of exposure
2) survivors: permanent scarring
3) deformities: loss of lip, nose, ear tissue, blindness due to corneal scarring
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How is smallpox contracted?

  • Spread through close contact with sores
  • Virus can also spread through the air
  • Person remains infectious until last scab is separated
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Timeline of events

10,000 B.C.
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1350 B.C.

Egypt-Hittite War
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1022 A.D.

Variolation
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The middle ages

  • Plague of Antonine
  • Arab Expansion
  • The Crusades
  • Discovery of the West Indies
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The new world

  • Fall of the Incas and Aztecs
  • Decline in native population
  • French-Indian War
  • Slave trade
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1796

Edward Jenner
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Smallpox vs. cowpox

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Inoculation

James Phipps
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1967- Smallpox ERadication Programme

  • Africa, Asia, Brazil, and Americas
  • Two main components
  • Human rights advocates
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1977

Somalia
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Works cited

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