HIST 106 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edward Jenner, Smallpox Vaccine, Daniel Bernoulli
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Hist 106 midterm key terms study guide - spring 2019. Inoculation : the deliberate infection of a human being with smallpox in order to reduce the devastation caused by the endemic in 18th-century europe. Francisco de balmis, under order of spanish king charles, to immunize latin american and asian colonies. This expedition employed the use of british physician edward. Jenner"s vaccination method, a safer, more scientifically improved method than traditional inoculation techniques, and demonstrated the globalization of medical technology: smallpox : a viral disease which was the leading cause of death in 18th-century europe. In 1796, it became the first disease for which an effective vaccine was developed: vaccination : a method of facilitated, controlled exposure to a weakened form of a disease to prevent infectious sickness. First developed to protect against smallpox in 1796 by edward jenner, the practice expanded and spread around the world via the royal.
