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CDC's 60th anniversary : director's perspective--William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., 1977-1983
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October 6, 2006
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Oct 6;55(39):1071-4.
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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.
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