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The Development Of The British Smallpox Prevention In Modern Times

Posted on:2015-06-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y B CuiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431497785Subject:World History
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In1979, World Health Organization announced in Nairobi, Kenya has been successful eradication ofhuman smallpox. The purpose of the smallpox virus still using scientific grounds are kept in the UnitedStates and Russia, two research institutions. Smallpox virus to human society in the history of horrormemories are still vivid in my mind to leave. History of smallpox as a human disease was declared extinctin the world, and its importance in the history of human disease prevention denying.Vaccination is the most important means of modern techniques in clinical prevention of smallpox.Vaccinia vaccination technology originated in1796in the United Kingdom. Smallpox vaccination inclinical prevention, of the United Kingdom in the history of the world in terms of both prevention andtreatment of smallpox has a special historical status. Therefore, the study of the modern history ofsmallpox prevention in England has strong historical value and practical significance.The smallpox vaccination technology developed from variolation to vaccination. Smallpox smallpoxvaccination was a mystery from the ancient oriental prevention techniques. Variolation throughout the NearEast, Indian subcontinent and the Far East, China, but there are significant differences in the specificvaccination procedures. In1721,Mrs Montague introduced inoculation technique in England in Maitlandhelp physicians completed a smallpox vaccination for her daughter, which opened the British era tovaccination against smallpox in modern history.Smallpox inoculation smallpox smallpox inoculation is the basic fact that the medical profession iscriticized.“Suttonnian Method” gives innovative people brought smallpox inoculation procedures havegreatly improved the safety of smallpox vaccination, the lower the probability of smallpox inoculationcaused by the variola virus infection. In18th century, smallpox inoculation against smallpox technical means have been accepted for the general public, and even became a British recruits enlisted necessarypreconditions. But after smallpox vaccination smallpox vaccination were sporadic cases of infection anddeath have become able to continue its promotion bottleneck.Edward Jenner published the essay An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the VariolaeVaccine,examined the availability of the copox guarding against the smallpox.the higher security of thevaccination than variolation.On the other hand,the collection and conservation of the cowpox matter is thekey dilemma such the moral one as restricted the expansion of the vaccination.The1840Vaccination Extension Act introduced free, voluntary vaccination targeted at thepoor,declared the prohibition of the inoculation of smallpox.An Act to Extend and Make Compulsory thePractice of Vaccination1853began the compulsory vaccination toward the infantile citiziens,antivaccination movement step into a new phase which opposed the interference of the individual medicalliberty.
Keywords/Search Tags:smallpox prevention, variolation, Edward Jenner, cowpox, the germ theory, anti-vaccination movement
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