The history of the smallpox vaccine is a story of reassurance and concern
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 02/07/2020

Sam Lemley, curator of special collections at Carnegie Mellon University, describes the historical context in which Edward Jenner published his book about the smallpox vaccine. An idea so revolutionary that it wasn't fully accepted for decades. Yet, he says that it is a story of reassurance because like many discoveries in the history of medicine, it came from such an unexpected source.