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Reviewer: J Milburn ( talk · contribs) 12:23, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Interesting subject, and it's always going to be an interesting article, as there is so little to say. Review coming soon. J Milburn ( talk) 12:23, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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"Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation... In 1782, Prince Alfred was inoculated against smallpox."
If inoculation was not introduced until 1796, how was Alfred inoculated 14 years earlier? The article contradicts itself here. If I understand the inoculation article correctly, Jenner did not introduce inoculation; he introduced an improved type of inoculation.
I think it would be better to remove the Jenner sentence altogether, as it refers to events 14 years later. For that matter, I don't see the point of the sentence about what happened 61 years earlier in 1721 either. So I suggest the first paragraph of "Death and Aftermath" should simply read:
"During the time of Prince Alfred, smallpox was a disease dreaded by royalty and commoners alike, and due to a lack of medical development, it was frequently fatal. Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation. Queen Charlotte, Alfred's mother, was a lifelong advocate of
inoculation, and she had the royal children undergo the procedure. Variolation, its precursor, was popularised in Britain when the daughters of King George II, then Prince of Wales, underwent the procedure in 1721."
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The text says that Jenner introduced inoculation in 1796 - I believe this is correct. It then says Prince Alfred was inoculated in 1782 - fourteen years earlier. Was this a Jenner style inoculation or variolation, a much more dangerous procedure? The current text is not clear at all. 74.104.159.232 ( talk) 03:34, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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"Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation... In 1782, Prince Alfred was inoculated against smallpox."
If inoculation was not introduced until 1796, how was Alfred inoculated 14 years earlier? The article contradicts itself here. If I understand the inoculation article correctly, Jenner did not introduce inoculation; he introduced an improved type of inoculation.
I think it would be better to remove the Jenner sentence altogether, as it refers to events 14 years later. For that matter, I don't see the point of the sentence about what happened 61 years earlier in 1721 either. So I suggest the first paragraph of "Death and Aftermath" should simply read:
"During the time of Prince Alfred, smallpox was a disease dreaded by royalty and commoners alike, and due to a lack of medical development, it was frequently fatal. Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation. Queen Charlotte, Alfred's mother, was a lifelong advocate of
inoculation, and she had the royal children undergo the procedure. Variolation, its precursor, was popularised in Britain when the daughters of King George II, then Prince of Wales, underwent the procedure in 1721."
Adpete (
talk) 02:41, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
The text says that Jenner introduced inoculation in 1796 - I believe this is correct. It then says Prince Alfred was inoculated in 1782 - fourteen years earlier. Was this a Jenner style inoculation or variolation, a much more dangerous procedure? The current text is not clear at all. 74.104.159.232 ( talk) 03:34, 2 June 2023 (UTC)