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First smallpox vaccination (Jenner)
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Checked 2026-10-19: Claude (AI build agent): Wikidata statement compared, passages containing the year extracted from the fetched pages and read. Quotes are short passages from each source, in their original language.
“antaget. Opfindelsen af koppevaccinen Dr. Jenner foretager sin første vaccination på den 8-årige dreng James Phipps, den 14. maj 1796. Maleri af Ernest Board, ca. 1910. Dr. Jenner Af Ernest Board . Licens: Illustration”Lex (Den Store Danske) (in Danish): source, retrieved 2026-10-19“ammalavano di vaiolo umano. Avendo da ciò dedotto che il vaiolo vaccino rappresenta una difesa contro quello umano, J. decise (1796), dopo venti anni di esperienze, di inoculare in un bambino, previa scarificazione”Treccani Enciclopedia online (in Italian): source, retrieved 2026-10-19
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