The Myth of the Milkmaid

Almost all histories of vaccination state that Edward Jenner became aware of the benefits of cowpox from a conversation with a milkmaid. In reality, the trail that led to the eradication of smallpox began with a simple clinical observation 250 years ago.

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Cattle
Cowpox
Cowpox - history
Cowpox - immunology
Disease control
England
Farmers - history
Female
Fewster
History of medicine
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Immunization - history
Jenner
Mythology
Orthopoxvirus - immunology
Smallpox
Smallpox - history
Smallpox - prevention & control
Smallpox Vaccine - history
Vaccination
Vaccines
title The Myth of the Milkmaid
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