Science in Focus HISTORIA Can Cowpox.
She told him,“I shall never have smallpox, for I have had Cowpox.
Sarah was sick with Cowpox, a non-dangerous disease transmitted from cows to humans.
We know now that the Cowpox virus belongs to the Orthopox family of viruses.
Given that the protective effect of Cowpox infection was common local knowledge,
why was Jenner's involvement important?
Viral- Cowpox virus infection is an uncommon skin condition,
usually affecting cats which enjoy hunting small rodents.
Introducing his Cowpox vaccine(so named because vacca is Latin for cow)
in 1796, by the mid-1800s, countries around the world had effective, organized vaccination programs.
There is a virus called Cowpox, which has been used for the last 200
years to cure Small Pox(no side effects have been seen on the human body).