People in ancient China, India, and Turkey innouculated against smallpox by:

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People in ancient China, India, and Turkey practiced variolation as a method of inoculation against smallpox. This involved blowing smallpox scab powder into a person's nose or cutting their skin and jabbing in fluid collected from a pustule on a person with a mild smallpox infection. This method was risky, but had a lower mortality rate than natural infection with smallpox. The use of needle-tipped syringes (A) was not historically documented as a method of smallpox inoculation. Dragging a string loaded with cowpox through a cut on a child's arm (B) is a method of vaccination against smallpox that was first developed by Edward Jenner in the late 18th century. Blending fluid collected from smallpox pustules with llama milk and drinking it (D) is not a documented method of inoculation against smallpox. E is incorrect; people in ancient China, India, and Turkey did know enough to inoculate themselves against smallpox using variolation.

People in Ancient China, India, and Turkey Innouculated Against Smallpox