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variolation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | variolization |
| Type of | inoculating, vaccinating |
Examples of variolation
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He reported that variolation induced no reaction in persons who had had cowpox.
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As vaccination gained acceptance, variolation gradually fell out of favour.
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Stimulated by a severe epidemic, variolation was first employed in North America in 1721.
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Variolation, which had preceded vaccination, was banned in 1840 because of its greater risks.
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The Chinese developed the practice of variolation following a smallpox epidemic around 1000 BC.
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A very early form of vaccination known as variolation was developed several thousand years ago in China.
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The procedure was much safer than variolation, and did not involve a risk of smallpox transmission.
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A process called inoculation, also known as insufflation or variolation was practiced in India as early as 1000 BC.
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Variolation was also practiced throughout the latter half of the 17th century by physicians in Turkey, Persia, and Africa.
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- The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
- Inoculation is the placement of something that will grow or reproduce, and is most commonly used in respect of the introduction of a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into the body of a human or animal, especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease. ...
- The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it
- (variolate) To infect with smallpox; Having the appearance of smallpox
- Early form of immunization which involved the presentation of material collected from smallpox lesions to uninfected individuals with the goal of inducing immunity to future infection with smallpox.
- The technique of enhancing immunity by exposing patients to dried mucous taken from those already infected. (p. 559)
