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Article: History quest.
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- January 10, 2003
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Often called the "father of immunology," this man is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine. He was a doctor in the 18th century. At the time, the treatment for smallpox was to inoculate healthy people with small doses of the disease. That often proved fatal. This doctor noted that people who contracted cowpox, a harmless cousin ...
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Article: History quest.(Time Trip)
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September 8, 2006 ;
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...In each issue, Quest features a mystery person or place. Find the answer and you could win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com. These carved soldiers had quite a palace to protect. Built by Darius I in about 520 B.C., the palace 1OOk more than 100 years to construct. But it didn't last long.
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