{"id":21213,"date":"2020-07-03T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=21213"},"modified":"2020-07-06T00:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:06:49","slug":"what-we-can-learn-from-a-book-documenting-the-first-vaccine-for-smallpox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/what-we-can-learn-from-a-book-documenting-the-first-vaccine-for-smallpox\/","title":{"rendered":"What we can learn from a book documenting the first vaccine, for smallpox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\/team#anurag-papolu\">Anurag Papolu<\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theconversation.com\/\">The Conversation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the world waits anxiously for a COVID-19 vaccine, Sam Lemley, curator of special collections at Carnegie Mellon University, says that the story of the first vaccine is worth revisiting today. As curator of special collections, Lemley cares for a copy of the first edition of Jenner\u2019s self-published book, titled \u201cAn Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vk11RZiJgkI\">This video<\/a> provides a glimpse into the history of vaccines and how the smallpox vaccine\u2019s unlikely beginning can provide some hope for people today.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vk11RZiJgkI?wmode=transparent&amp;start=0\" width=\"440\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>[<em>You need to understand the coronavirus pandemic, and we can help.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\/newsletters?utm_source=TCUS&amp;utm_medium=inline-link&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter-text&amp;utm_content=upper-coronavirus-help\">Read The Conversation\u2019s newsletter<\/a>.]<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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More info: https:\/\/theconversation.com\/republishing-guidelines --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\/team#anurag-papolu\">Anurag Papolu<\/a>, Multimedia Editor, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theconversation.com\/\">The Conversation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is republished from <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/video-what-we-can-learn-from-a-book-documenting-the-first-vaccine-for-smallpox-141868\">original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anurag Papolu, The Conversation As the world waits anxiously for a COVID-19 vaccine, Sam Lemley, curator of special collections at Carnegie Mellon University, says that the story of the first vaccine is worth revisiting today. 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