Developing the smallpox vaccine
1796
Cowpox
Physician
Father of Vaccination
Pus from a cowpox sore
A young boy named James Phipps 8/9 years old
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
It caused the immune system to produce antibodies against cowpox, which also protected against smallpox.
It led to the eradication of smallpox worldwide.
King george IV (1821)
16
An inquiry into the causes and effects of the Varioae Vaccine or cow pox
£10,000
Latin for cow "vacca"
not being able to explain why the vaccination worked
1853