Essays on Smallpox

Edward Anthony Jenner, who is now referred to as the “Father of Immunology”, was a scientist who lived in mid-18th century England. He is famous for being the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, which was the first successful vaccine to ever be developed. His vaccine,...

In the years leading up to the 21st century, smallpox had made itself known as one of the worlds deadliest epidemics. The earliest credible evidence of smallpox dates back to almost 3000 years ago on the bodies of mummies from the 18th and 20th Egyptian...

Smallpox is a disease that comes from a virus called Variola. Variola is not smallpox, it is the virus that gives you smallpox. The Variola virus comes from the family of the orthopoxvirus. The Variola virus spreads by face to face contact; for example, someone...

Casimir Pulaski once said, “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to love or die for it.” For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children....

Ten thousand years ago an extremely contagious and deadly virus arose in northeastern Africa. The disease was airborne negatively affecting the bone marrow, skin cells, spleen, lymph nodes. Symptom includes severe skin rashes, fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Roughly 30 percent of the people infected would...