who discovered the cure for a smallpox??
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it was edward jenner. but will u be satisfied with tht? i think i can tell u more...\n\nSmallpox is a viral disease characterized by a skin rash and a high death rate.\nOverview, Causes, & Risk Factors\n\nSmallpox was once found throughout the world, causing illness and death wherever it occurred. Smallpox was primarily a disease of children and young adults, with family members often infecting each other.\n\nA massive program by the World Health Organization (WHO) eradicated all known smallpox viruses from the world in 1977, except for samples that were saved by various governments for research purposes. The vaccine was discontinued in the United States in 1972. In 1980, WHO recommended that all countries stop vaccinating for smallpox.\n\nIn 1980, WHO also recommended that the remaining virus samples be transferred to two WHO laboratories for storage. Those laboratories were the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and a laboratory in Russia. Russia, however, started a program to produce the smallpox virus in mass quantities, specifically for bombs and other weaponry.\n\nSome believe that other countries such as Iraq, Iran, and North Korea may also hold some stores of the smallpox virus. Researchers continue to debate whether or not to kill the last remaining samples of the virus, or to preserve it in case there may be some future reason to study it.\n\nAccording to the CDC, since the vaccine has not been administered in the U.S. since 1972, those persons who had received the vaccine in the past are likely susceptible now (as are those who have never been vaccinated). It is not known how long previous vaccinations would remain effective, but it is unlikely that people would still have a high enough level of immunity to protect against the virus.\n\nRisk factors for smallpox include being a laboratory worker who handles the virus (rare), or being in the environment where the virus was released as a biological weapon.\n\nTHE RISK OF TERRORISM\n\nIt is conceivable that smallpox could be deliberately reintroduced into the population. Smallpox could be released by aerosol, and it would spread easily because the virus remains very stable in aerosol form.\n\nIt would take no more than 50-100 cases to cause legitimate concern on an international level. Emergency measures would need to be taken immediately.\n\nSmallpox is highly contagious from one person to another. It is most contagious during the first week, and is spread from saliva droplets. It may continue to be contagious until the scabs from the rash fall off. It may also be spread from bed sheets and clothing.\n\nResearchers believe that the smallpox infection (if released in aerosol form, under favorable conditions, without sunlight) could remain viable for as long as 24 hours. In unfavorable conditions, the virus may only remain viable for 6 hours. There is clear evidence that shows that the virus can remain viable on bed linens and clothes for significant periods of time.\nSmallpox Symptoms & Signs\n\nSmallpox has two forms: 1) Variola major -- which is a serious illness with a mortality rate according to the CDC of 30% or more, in unvaccinated people, and 2) Variola minor -- a milder infection with a mortality rate of less than 1%. The incubation period for smallpox is approximately 12-14 days. The symptoms are:\n\nHigh fever \nFatigue \nSevere headache \nBackache \nMalaise \nRash, raised and pink on the skin, starting centrally and spreading outwards. (First the mucosa of the mouth and throat, then face, forearms, trunk, and legs. Rash turns to pus-filled lesions that become crusty on the eighth or ninth day.) \nDelirium \nVomiting and diarrhea \nExcessive bleeding \n\nSmallpox Prevention\n\nMany people were vaccinated for smallpox in the past -- but the vaccination is no longer given because the virus has been eradicated. According to the CDC, the United States has supply of the smallpox vaccine sufficient for the entire population at this time.\n\nThe
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Louis Pasteur . He \n\ndiscovered that the purpose of cell division was reproduction. Also learned that living cells are dynamic. They use and produce energy and materials. Fermentative ability of microorganisms demonstrated between 1857 and 1876 by Pasteur - the father of biotechnology.
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How about Madame Curie...would that be helpful? I was going to suggest Charles Darwin, but noticed someone already answered...
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alfred wegener\njust learned this myself (:
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George Washington....thanks for the points! :)
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Actually, there was more than one.  The majority of the Aztecs died of smallpox.  Other, infectious European diseases were typhus, cholera, measles and mumps.
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If you're referring to Parvovirus B19, then here you go:\n\nParvovirus B19 (B19 virus) was the first (and, until 2005, only) human parvovirus to be discovered, by chance in 1975 by the Australian virologist Yvonne Cossart.\n\nGood luck with your report.
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Invented Pasteurization for milk...\n\nLouis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. He is best known for demonstrating how to prevent milk and wine from going sour, which came to be called pasteurization. His experiments confirmed the germ theory of disease, and he created the first vaccine for rabies. He became one of the main founders of bacteriology, the other major figure being Robert Koch. He also made many discoveries in the field of chemistry, most notably the asymmetry of crystals.\n\nclick on the link for more information
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That a cure will be found for cancer.
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It was first perfected in 1796 by Edward Jenner who acted upon the observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus did not catch smallpox.
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well said.\nthe British spread small pox in 1763 in the Ohio valley \n\nthen the u.s in 1836 fort Clark on the Missouri river\nsmall pox contaminated blankets\n\nIf your grandparents stole something when you were not around and its now in your possession ,then give it back or take the blame for benefiting from it.
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I have found this information for you:\n\nNo doctor's advice, no medicine could overcome or alleviate this disease, An enormous number of ignorant men and women set up as doctors in addition to those who were trained. Either the disease was such that no treatment was possible or the doctors were so ignorant that they did not know what caused it, and consequently could not administer the proper remedy. In any case very few recovered; most people died within about three days of the appearance of the tumours described above, most of them without any fever or other symptoms. During the era of the Black Death, science had not sufficiently progressed to where doctors could understand the plague, its origins or how it spread.  Consequently, people resorted to a variety of treatments and preventative measures.  \n\nBecause the stench of decaying bodies from those who had succumbed to the plague was so noxious, many thought that the plague was spread via the atmosphere and so used pungent scents hoping to keep it away.  Scents such as pine, rosemary were burned like incense or processed into oils in which handkerchief were dipped and placed over the mouth and nose.\n\nChurch bells were chimed in a futile bid to ward off the plague.  Merchants sold charms and spells to ward off the plague.  Rumors that claimed a person had done or worn something particular to survive led to the newest fad to prevent or cure the disease.\n\nPerhaps the most widespread belief of the plague's origins blamed an act of God, which showed his displeasure over humankind's transgressions.  Kings built magnificent cathedrals and monuments dedicated to god's glory, hoping he would allow the plague to pass over their city.\n\nIn central Europe, commoners who could not make such grand and expensive promises often did penance for their sins by beating themselves.  Known as flagellants, they walked in succession through towns bare backed, whipping themselves and those who accompanied them.  Leather whips featured knots or small metal spikes attached at the end that drew blood with virtually every strike as they viciously flogged themselves.  As they marched, flagellants sang and prayed from mercy, believing that if they demonstrated to god that they were truly repentant, he would spare their lives.\n\nI hope that's enough.
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the incan thought that u could cure a fever by eating a concoction of ground up lice and assorted herbs(reddiish-green mixture in a wooden bowl, and a feverish person nearby)\n\nin the early 1800's several doctors belived if u drilled a hole in someone's skull, it would make them smarter :)(skull with obvious hole marks in it)\n\nape hair has been used to wrap wounds by some tribes in africa(mans leg w/ ape hair on it)\n\nin the late 1800's a lot of people were tricked into buying "Dr.Quick's Health Tablets", said to cure anything from a toothache to a brain tumor. they were only sugar tablets.\n(an old fashioned pill bottle with a label proclaiming"NEW!! These pills cure everything from the common toothache to a complicated tumor!!! From Dr.Quick!"\n\nsorry there are only four, but i dont know of anymore.
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Vaccination: Physician Edward Jenner performed the first innoculation against smallpox by infecting a boy with cowpox (vaccinia virus) in 1796.\n\nLight bulb: In 1879 in America Thomas Alva Edison, and in England Joseph Swan, each produce carbon-thread electric lamps that can burn for practical lengths of time (about 40 hours).
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There was, and continues to be, a lot of work on mathematical modelling of various aspects of viral infection and spread. \n\nThis started apparently with the work of Daniell Bernoulli on smallpox in 1760, and continues to this day. A special 5 year effort on mathematical modelling of viruses by DIMACS is described in one of the references below. There is probably a lot of material associated with mathematical modeling of viruses that one could find in connection with this DIMACS effort. \n\nI also include a reference to a book that describes some mathematical modelling of the hepatitis B virus, and some other references.
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Johann Wolfgang!\n\nHe discovered furfural, worked on the use of platinum as a catalyst, and invented a lighter, known as Döbereiner's Lamp.\n\n:)
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It is Louis Pasteur. In France in the late 1870s, anthrax was a severe disease that destroyed flocks of sheep. This  influenced Louis Pasteur to direct his attention to the study of anthrax. He had just developed a regimen for heat attenuation of the causative agent of chicken cholera, and he used a similar approach in his studies of virulent anthrax bacilli. Cultures of the organism grown at elevated temperatures were shown to be decreased in virulence.\nIn historic field trials at Pouilly-le-Fort in 1881, Pasteur showed that these heat-attenuated organisms were capable of producing immunity against later challenge with virulent strains of the bacillus in animals. Pasteur is therefore given credit for developing the first vaccine effective in the prevention of anthrax.