May 14th: Today in 1796 Edward Jenner performed what was possibly the first modern vaccination on James Phipps for Smallpox. I was surprised by this as I recalled that the Continental Army inoculated their troops against Small Pox, so I now know the difference between innoculation and vaccination.

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