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Cow were used to produce the smallpox vaccine.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cows in a field in Georgetown, Ontario, grazing on second cut alfalfa.
Smallpox vaccine was produced by introducing calves to the vaccinia virus — a relative of smallpox — which caused reactions on their underbelly that were then pricked with points.
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- Title: Cow were used to produce the smallpox vaccine.
- Creator: Unknown
- Location Created: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
- Original Source: Canada Science and Technology Museum Archives/L'archives du Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada
- Rights: CSTM Archives, CN Collection, X-44273
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