Who made the first inoculation against the dreaded small pox disease?

Who made the first inoculation against the dreaded small pox disease?

Smallpox was an extremely common disease until the eighteenth century. But it was often a fatal disease, death being sure in most cases. Small pox starts as a rash which develops into blisters. Within a few days, the blisters fester and then start to dry and crack up.


The death rate for this disease was high until a breakthrough was achieved by Lady Mary Wortley in 1717. She noticed that in Turkey, where her husband was the ambassador, they used fluid from the smallpox blisters to protect those who were uninfected. She introduced the practice-variolation (small pox was also known as variola) – to Britain, where it was quickly accepted. Some people did die during the process, but overall the death rate was vastly reduced