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“I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.”

Quote by Edward Jenner

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Edward Jenner was an English physician known as the pioneer of vaccination. In 1796, he successfully implemented the smallpox vaccine using cowpox, which had a profound impact on medicine and public health. more

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