I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

Edward Jenner

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Edward Jenner

English physician born in 1749 who developed vaccination by proving that cowpox inoculation prevents smallpox. His method launched modern immunology and ultimately led to smallpox's eradication in 1980.

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Source: An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (1798)Verified

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The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.

Don't think; try.

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