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Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?
  1. Edward Jenner
  2. Louis Pasteur
  3. Alexander Fleming
  4. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

A
Edward Jenner
B
Alexander Fleming
C
Louis Pasteur
D
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Smallpox vaccine was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1798. He observed that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox. Smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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