Edward Jenner's work in preventing rabies led to the use of the term vaccination to describe a type of procedure used in the prevention of disease.
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Learning Outcome: 01.03.01 Evaluate the importance of the contributions to microbiology made by Hooke,Leeuwenhoek,Pasteur,Koch,Cohn,Beijerinck,von Behring,Kitasato,Metchnikoff ,and Winogradsky
Section: 01.03

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Edward Jenner's work was in preventing smallpox, not rabies. However, the use of the term "vaccination" did come from his work, as he discovered that inoculating people with cowpox provided immunity to smallpox.

Edward Jenner's Work in Preventing Rabies Led to the Use