CDC's 60th anniversary : director's perspective--William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., 1977-1983

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Foege, William H., 1936-
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Modern public health began 210 years ago, in 1796, when Edward Jenner, using material from a cowpox lesion on the hand of Sarah Nelmes, vaccinated James Phipps. A later attempt to give Phipps smallpox demonstrated his immunity, and the vaccination era had begun. Although Jenner lacked our understanding of Viruses, the immune system, or vaccinology, his clinical observations had convinced him that milkmaids were protected from smallpox because of their previous exposure to cowpox, and he acted to see if nature could be replicated.
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events CDC--History Communicable Disease Control/History History, 20th Century Public Health U.S. Government Agencies/History
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2006 Oct 6;55(39):1071-4.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  U.S.
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  39
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9c803a3ec98598ae787e74e9489a8f13fc727183449a4204ca68b260c84e84bf26dcfdb1c464d565c47108afa9e7597ba8ac3dbc210ebc053e5c73124f750bd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/97715/cdc_97715_DS1.pdf
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