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may 14, 1796 - Jenner creates the first vaccine

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Using cowpox virus, Jenner inoculates a boy with the virus successfully creating immunity to smallpox (pictured: Jenner inoculating Phipps with the virus)

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may 14, 1796
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~ 230 years ago

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