Assertion: smallpox | /r/HasProperty | the first
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text: Smallpox was usually transmitted by airborne droplets and therefore immediate family members in close contact with the patient were the first to be affected though it spread fairly rapidly in the community.
text: Smallpox was its first target there, and the risky procedure was fairly successful, killing just a small fraction of those injected.
text: But smallpox was also one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine , particularly following the great experiments of English physician Edward Jenner in 1796.