Montagu's+Observations

=Unit 2 Cells and Systems=

Chapter 3 The immune system protects the human body.
3.2 Factors Affecting the Immune System

In this paragraph it discuses Montagu's travel and what she found. She was faced with a problem that happens throughout Europe and she finds solutions. She conducted an experiment and it worked.It says how she solved the problem, and that after her death everyone forgot. Lastly it tells how cowpox are the same as smallpox but are a more mild disease.

3.2 Montagu's Observations page 110
 * ===Questions=== || ===Answers=== ||
 * What is smallpox? || Smallpox was a dreaded disease that caused serious health problems and often death. ||
 * What simple procedure seemed to protect children from getting this terrible disease? || Women made small scratches on children's arms, they would then put a drop of pus from a patient who had had a mild case of smallpox on the scratch. ||
 * How was this effective? || Children treated this way quickly recovered from the mild version of smallpox without ever developing the serious form of the disease. ||
 * What did Montagu use English prisoners for? || Montagu used English prisoners so she could conduct a similar experiment ||
 * How was smallpox removed from England? || Smallpox was removed from England by Montagu's persistence and hard work. ||
 * How many years later did Montagu's idea resurface after her death? || It took 80 years after Montagu's death for her idea to resurface. ||
 * what did and English doctor named Edward Jenner observe? and in what year? || In 1796 he observed that many people who milked cows seemed to be immune to smallpox. ||
 * What disease did all these people previously had had? || They had all previously had cowpox. ||
 * What were some symptoms of cowpox? || Some symptoms of cowpox included blisters that were similar to those of smallpox. ||
 * How many years later did Montagu's idea resurface after her death? || It took 80 years after Montagu's death for her idea to resurface. ||
 * what did and English doctor named Edward Jenner observe? and in what year? || In 1796 he observed that many people who milked cows seemed to be immune to smallpox. ||
 * What disease did all these people previously had had? || They had all previously had cowpox. ||
 * What were some symptoms of cowpox? || Some symptoms of cowpox included blisters that were similar to those of smallpox. ||
 * What disease did all these people previously had had? || They had all previously had cowpox. ||
 * What were some symptoms of cowpox? || Some symptoms of cowpox included blisters that were similar to those of smallpox. ||
 * What were some symptoms of cowpox? || Some symptoms of cowpox included blisters that were similar to those of smallpox. ||
 * What were some symptoms of cowpox? || Some symptoms of cowpox included blisters that were similar to those of smallpox. ||