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(C) The vaccine for smallpox was developed by Edward Jenner in $1796$. He observed that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox were immune to smallpox. H

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(C) The vaccine for smallpox was developed by Edward Jenner in $1796$. He observed that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox were immune to smallpox. He tested this hypothesis by inoculating a young boy with cowpox material and later exposing him to smallpox,which proved the boy was protected. This discovery laid the foundation for the field of immunology.

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