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A minor technical point, but in your quote, Benjamin Franklin is not referring to a vaccine. He is talking about variolation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vari
by lkrubner 16y ago
A minor technical point, but in your quote, Benjamin Franklin is not referring to a vaccine. He is talking about variolation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation
He refers to the year 1736.
Edward Jenner's first test of his vaccine occurred on On 14 May 1796, when Jenner inoculated James Phipps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner