THE FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
The fight against Disease Edward Jenner
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1) What was the way of protecting yourself
against disease before Jenner?

• INOCULATION

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2) How did this work?

• Injecting the body with a tiny amount of
• blood from an infected person, so that
• inoculated person would develop an
• immunity to the disease (often this didnt
• work)

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3) Which disease did Jenner discover a vaccine
for?

• Smallpox

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4) What had he noticed about milkmaids?

• They got
• cowpox but
• never small
• pox

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5) What did he do to test his theory, and overall
how many times did he do his experiment?

• He injected a boy with cowpox, and after a
• week injected him with smallpox. He was
• fine!
• Jenner did his experiment
• 23 times!

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6) What was this process called, and why?

• VACCINATION!
• Vacca Latin for cow

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7) Why did some people oppose his ideas?

• The idea that a disease from a cow could protect
  humans seemed crazy to many
• People dont like new ideas!

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8) What evidence is there that the government
supported him? Exact year needed.

• 1852
• COMPULSORY VACCINATION

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9) Although he saved hundreds of thousands of
lives, what was the limitation of his work?

• Jenner did not understand how vaccination
• actually worked