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5 days ago · Edward Small originally wanted to film another farce, Are You a Mason? and bought the rights from Paramount in 1942 intending to make a vehicle for Jack Benny. However, there was confusion over European rights so he decided to adapt Brewster's Millions instead.
2 days ago · Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of ...
3 days ago · Discover actor Ellen Terry's early 16th-century house, its cottage garden and Barn Theatre at Smallhythe Place in Kent.
2 days ago · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso.
Jul 3, 2024 · A much safer procedure was developed by Edward Jenner, a physician in Gloucestershire, England. In 1796 Jenner deliberately infected a small boy with variolae vaccinae, or cowpox , a bovine version of smallpox.
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- Smallpox is caused by infection with variola major, a virus of the family Poxviridae. A less-virulent form of smallpox, called alastrim, is caused...
- Smallpox was one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine. In 1967 the World Health Organization (WHO) began a global vaccination progra...
- For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children.
- People who survived smallpox were permanently immune to a second infection, though they faced a lifetime of disfigurement and, in some cases, blind...
- The last endemic case of smallpox (actually an infection of variola minor) was recorded in Somalia in 1977. No cases were reported from 1977 to 198...
- Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is a member of Poxviridae, the same virus family that causes smallpox and cowpox.
Jul 5, 2024 · Edward Jenner (born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England—died January 26, 1823, Berkeley) was an English surgeon and discoverer of a vaccine for smallpox. Jenner was born at a time when the patterns of British medical practice and education were undergoing gradual change.
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Jul 5, 2024 · Smallpox vaccine was introduced by British physician Edward Jenner, who in 1796 used the cowpox virus (vaccinia) to confer protection against smallpox in humans.
