health
-
Love & Fury: More Than Just Posters
The Love and Furry exhibit was recommended as an extra credit opportunity in one of my history classes. Before visiting the exhibit, we had learned about Gaetan Dugas, often known as “Patient Zero,” and had also discussed a recurring historical pattern: when a new disease or a poorly understood behavior emerges, societies often associate it with a… Continue reading
-
The First Vaccine Was Tested on a Child: How Edward Jenner Changed Medicine Forever
One of the earliest vaccine experiments was tested on a child. Edward Jenner wanted to prove that vaccination worked after observing that milkmaids who were getting infected with cowpox, rarely developed smallpox. Jenner wanted to test his theory that cowpox was somehow giving people immunity from smallpox. He tested the experiment on an eight-year-old boy.… Continue reading
Archives Headquarters 