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What percentage of the population would contract smallpox during epidemics?
What percentage of the population would contract smallpox during epidemics?
- 50 to 60% (correct)
- 30 to 40%
- 90 to 100%
- 70 to 80%
What percentage of children under five years old died from smallpox in Berlin?
What percentage of children under five years old died from smallpox in Berlin?
- 75%
- 98% (correct)
- 90%
- 50%
What was the method of spread for smallpox?
What was the method of spread for smallpox?
- Through the air (correct)
- Through contaminated water
- Through insect bites
- Through physical touch
What was the method of variolation?
What was the method of variolation?
What did Edward Jenner call his prevention method, and why?
What did Edward Jenner call his prevention method, and why?
Why did the British Medical Association initially refuse to publish Edward Jenner's findings?
Why did the British Medical Association initially refuse to publish Edward Jenner's findings?
In what year did the global campaign to eradicate smallpox begin?
In what year did the global campaign to eradicate smallpox begin?
What led to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu observing variolation in Turkey?
What led to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu observing variolation in Turkey?
Why did variolation have a higher success rate compared to natural smallpox infection?
Why did variolation have a higher success rate compared to natural smallpox infection?
What was a significant outcome of Edward Jenner's scientific experiments with children?
What was a significant outcome of Edward Jenner's scientific experiments with children?
What was the main cause of childbed fever in the First Division of the hospital?
What was the main cause of childbed fever in the First Division of the hospital?
Why did women prefer to give birth in the streets rather than be sent to the First Division of the hospital?
Why did women prefer to give birth in the streets rather than be sent to the First Division of the hospital?
What was the immediate effect of implementing hand washing with chlorinated limewater for doctors?
What was the immediate effect of implementing hand washing with chlorinated limewater for doctors?
What differentiated the practice of doctors from midwives in preventing childbed fever?
What differentiated the practice of doctors from midwives in preventing childbed fever?
What was the main reason for the rejection of Ignaz Semmelweis's theories by medical authorities of the time?
What was the main reason for the rejection of Ignaz Semmelweis's theories by medical authorities of the time?
Why did Semmelweis's ideas face rejection despite having empirical data on his side?
Why did Semmelweis's ideas face rejection despite having empirical data on his side?
What was the outcome of Semmelweis's book, which he wrote in 1861?
What was the outcome of Semmelweis's book, which he wrote in 1861?
Why did doctors refuse to accept Semmelweis's idea that childbed fever was transmitted from one person to another?
Why did doctors refuse to accept Semmelweis's idea that childbed fever was transmitted from one person to another?
Why did Semmelweis face opposition from doctors for his radical ideas about disease transmission?
Why did Semmelweis face opposition from doctors for his radical ideas about disease transmission?
