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What is the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, and the immune response?
Immunology
When did the plague start as chronicled by Thucydides?
430 BCE
What is the other name for intentional inoculation of individuals against smallpox by infecting them with substance from the patient resulting in a milder form of the disease?
Variolation
According to Thucydides, who showed the most compassion towards the sick and the dying during the plague?
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What is the Latin meaning of the word 'immunis'?
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What is the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, and immunologic techniques of analysis?
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When did the plague start in the second year of the Peloponnesian war, as chronicled by Thucydides?
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What is the other name for smallpox, and what was the method of intentional inoculation against it as early as 1350 BCE?
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According to Thucydides, how did those who had recovered from the disease of the plague show compassion to the sick and dying?
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What were the written accounts from China in the mid-1500s and the practices in India and Europe related to inoculation against smallpox?
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Thucydides chronicled the start of the plague in 430 BCE during the Peloponnesian war.
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The intentional inoculation of individuals against smallpox by infecting them with substance from the patient resulted in a milder form of the disease as early as 1350 BCE.
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The Latin meaning of the word 'immunis' is 'to exempt' or 'free of'.
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Thucydides stated that those who had recovered from the disease showed the most compassion towards the sick and dying during the plague.
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The intentional inoculation against smallpox by infecting individuals with substance from the patient resulted in a milder form of the disease, and it was practiced in China in the mid-1500s, in India, and in Europe.
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