Edward Jenner’s First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
The story of Edward Jenner's discovery that deliberately infecting someone with cowpox could protect them from the far deadlier smallpox, the first vaccine.
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Clip Info
- Clip length: 3'11''
- Broadcast year: 2021
Curriculum Connection
- Biology | Infection and response | Treating, curing and preventing disease | Vaccinations
Access
Licence: ERA Licence required
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
- Series: 1
- Episode: Vaccines
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