Multiple choice general knowledge history

inventor of small pox vaccine

  1. robert hook

  2. louis pasteur

  3. edward jenner

  4. robert koch
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Explanation

Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796. He observed that milkmaids who had contracted cowpox were immune to smallpox and tested this theory by vaccinating a young boy. Louis Pasteur developed the rabies vaccine and germ theory, while Robert Hooke discovered cells and Robert Koch identified TB and cholera bacteria.

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