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British Empire: Trade, Slavery and Abolition (1600s-1800s)
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How was immunity gained for smallpox?
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By causing a mild form of the disease in healthy people by blowing powdered smallpox scabs up people's noses
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Variolation, an early form of immunization, involved exposing healthy individuals to material from smallpox patients, often by inhaling powdered scabs, to induce a milder form of the disease.