History Of Vaccines Research Paper
History of Vaccines
According to the Historical Medical Library of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Chinese would scrape scabs from smallpox victims on to healthy open pores of the arm dating back to 1000AD. They believed that exposing a person to a small amount of the disease would help them build up immunity towards it. This was also called inoculation. Such ideas inspired what we now call immunizations or vaccines. The history of vaccines begins with the emergence of incurable diseases including smallpox; leading to not only the development of a plethora of vaccines but gave way to the controversy of vaccinations.
Before vaccinations, incurable diseases swept through the world. Of these included yellow fever originating in 1650 …show more content…
According to ProCon.org “On July 1, 1902, Congress passed An Act to Regulate the Sale of Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products (also referred to as the Biologics Control Act)” (qtd. In All Timelines Overview). This act was the first lawful regulation on any type of drug or vaccine. The immunization laws created a wave of negativity from the National Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League. A NACV League “reporter stated "the dangerous illnesses following the vaccine process are… on the whole… a greater evil to humanity than small-pox itself! “” ("Vaccines ProCon.org.") (qtd. in Robert M. Wolfe’s Medical Journal). They believed “that it "is undignified" to mandate vaccinations and that the "efficacy of vaccination as a disease preventative is a matter of individual opinion."” ("Vaccines ProCon.org.") . This persistent group started strong by getting many of the state mandates for vaccine requirements repealed. Thus marking the beginning of the vaccine and immunization controversy.
For thousands of years research has been dedicated to curing and eventually eradicating diseases. Imagine the world without the knowledge of vaccines. Had vaccines and immunizations not been developed and evolved to their current status, we would be facing world wide viral epidemics in mass numbers. Although the scientific advancement has benefited the evolution of vaccines, it has also brought to light some controversial
According to the Historical Medical Library of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Chinese would scrape scabs from smallpox victims on to healthy open pores of the arm dating back to 1000AD. They believed that exposing a person to a small amount of the disease would help them build up immunity towards it. This was also called inoculation. Such ideas inspired what we now call immunizations or vaccines. The history of vaccines begins with the emergence of incurable diseases including smallpox; leading to not only the development of a plethora of vaccines but gave way to the controversy of vaccinations.
Before vaccinations, incurable diseases swept through the world. Of these included yellow fever originating in 1650 …show more content…
According to ProCon.org “On July 1, 1902, Congress passed An Act to Regulate the Sale of Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products (also referred to as the Biologics Control Act)” (qtd. In All Timelines Overview). This act was the first lawful regulation on any type of drug or vaccine. The immunization laws created a wave of negativity from the National Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League. A NACV League “reporter stated "the dangerous illnesses following the vaccine process are… on the whole… a greater evil to humanity than small-pox itself! “” ("Vaccines ProCon.org.") (qtd. in Robert M. Wolfe’s Medical Journal). They believed “that it "is undignified" to mandate vaccinations and that the "efficacy of vaccination as a disease preventative is a matter of individual opinion."” ("Vaccines ProCon.org.") . This persistent group started strong by getting many of the state mandates for vaccine requirements repealed. Thus marking the beginning of the vaccine and immunization controversy.
For thousands of years research has been dedicated to curing and eventually eradicating diseases. Imagine the world without the knowledge of vaccines. Had vaccines and immunizations not been developed and evolved to their current status, we would be facing world wide viral epidemics in mass numbers. Although the scientific advancement has benefited the evolution of vaccines, it has also brought to light some controversial