frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhat was the first effective cure for a disease in history?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the first effective cure for a disease in history?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·6 months agoThere was the cowpox vaccine in 1798 and I suppose we have had effective pain-control (opium) for a very long time
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months ago Anyway, the cowpox vaccine was an improvement on smallpox variolation, which was known to the Chinese at least by 1549.
There was the cowpox vaccine in 1798
and I suppose we have had effective pain-control (opium) for a very long time
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