Vaccination
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Inoculation with the matter of cowpox as a protection against smallpox, was introduced 1796-98 by Edward Jenner ( q. v .), and at length adopted by the faculty after much opposition on the part of both medical men and the public.
