What happened to the population of Great Britain

• What happened to the population of Great Britain between 1700 and 1780? • In the 1800’s, this trend continued. Why?

Background: Connections to Science • Did you know? . . . One of the great medical achievements of the 1700’s was the development of a vaccine against smallpox, a disease which over the centuries claimed more victims than cholera, bubonic plague, and yellow fever combined. English surgeon Edward Jenner, in 1796, noted that milkmaids who contracted the …mild disease of cowpox did not later catch smallpox.

• After several tests, Jennings concluded that people inoculated with the cowpox virus became immune to smallpox. Thus, the word vaccination was derived from the Latin word vacca for cow. Jenner spent the rest of his life promoting his vaccine. In 1979, the World Health Organization finally declared the world to be small-pox free. – Source: Ellis, Elisabeth G. , and Anthony Esler. World History: Connections to Today. 6 th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. 499. Print.

Background: Connections to Science • Did you know? . . . A Hungarian doctor named John Lister introduced antiseptic measures to reduce the risk of women dying in childbirth. Sepsis is a blood-borne infection that is often fatal. Antiseptics kill the virus. Today we use an antiseptic mouthwash called---- yes--Listerine.

• What happened to the population of Great Britain between 1700 and 1780? • In the 1800’s, this trend continued. Why?