The Antidote They Refused to Trust
In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccine after observing that milkmaids exposed to cowpox seemed immune to the deadly disease. The solution was...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Numbers 21:4b-9.
In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first smallpox vaccine after observing that milkmaids exposed to cowpox seemed immune to the deadly disease. The solution was remarkably simple — a small scratch on the arm, a brief exposure to something that looked harmless. Yet when Jenner presented his findings, crowds rioted. Clergy denounced him. Cartoonists drew people sprouting cow heads from their bodies.…
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