Industrial Preventions

What was the primary method of smallpox prevention in the 1700s?

• Vaccination

• Inoculation

• Antibiotics

• Quarantine

What was the main risk associated with inoculation?

• It was expensive

• It could cause blindness

• It could result in a strong dose of smallpox

• It was ineffective

Who is credited with developing the first smallpox vaccine?

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Edward Jenner

• Alexander Fleming

What disease did Edward Jenner use to create the smallpox vaccine?

• Chickenpox

• Cowpox

• Measles

• Rabies

In what year did Edward Jenner publish his theory on vaccination?

• 1796

• 1798

• 1802

• 1840

What was the name of the society set up in 1802 to promote vaccination?

• Royal Society of Medicine

• Jennerian Society

• Royal Jennerian Society

• British Medical Association

When was inoculation banned and made a crime in Great Britain?

• 1802

• 1840

• 1852

• 1872

In what year was smallpox vaccination made compulsory in Great Britain?

• 1802

• 1840