frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat was the first effective cure for a disease in history?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down14
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minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months ago Anyway, the cowpox vaccine was an improvement on smallpox variolation, which was known to the Chinese at least by 1549.