Read this excerpt from "Edward Jenner and the History of
Smallpox and Vaccination."
How does this excerpt help support the main claim of the
passage that Jenner helped spread the practice of
immunization?
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In 1757, an 8-year-old boy was inoculated with smallpox in
Gloucester; he was one of thousands of children
inoculated that year in England. The procedure was
effective, as the boy developed a mild case of smallpox
and was subsequently immune to the disease. His name
was Edward Jenner.
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It includes evidence that inoculation was used in
Gloucester.
It points out that Jenner was one of thousands of
children in England.
It provides information about Jenner's early experiences
with smallpox.
lt indicates that smallpox spread throughout England in
the eighteenth century.
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