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3. Discuss the investigation and acceptance of vaccination for the 

 prevention of smallpox, 



4. Give a report on the life and works of Edward Jenner. 



5. Discuss the nature of smallpox. How is smallpox spread ? 



6. What are the chief preventive measures against smallpox? 



7. Discuss some of the methods of inoculation used in the past. 



8. Has smallpox been checked to the fullest possible extent ? Give 

 several reasons for your answer. 



Supplementary Readings 



Broadhiirst, Jean, How We Resist Disease (J. B. Lippincott Co.). 

 De Kruif, P. H., Microbe Hunters (Harcoiirt, Brace & Co.). 

 Haggard, H. W., The Science of Health and Disease (Harper & Bros.). 

 Pamphlets published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York 



City. 

 Zinsser, Hans, A Textbook of Bacteriology (D. Appleton & Co.). 



