variolation

• Устаревшая медицинская процедура, включающая прививку восприимчивому человеку материала, взятого из везикулы оспы, исторически использовавшаяся для выработки иммунитета.

An obsolete medical procedure involving the inoculation of a susceptible person with material taken from a smallpox vesicle, used historically to induce immunity.

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1. Historical smallpox inoculationC2formalmedical

   The obsolete practice of deliberately infecting a person with material from a smallpox pustule to induce a mild form of the disease and provide immunity.

   Историческая прививка от оспы

   • Variolation was a common practice in Asia and Africa before the development of vaccination.
   • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduced variolation to England in the 18th century.
   • Unlike modern vaccination, variolation carried a risk of causing a severe case of smallpox.

   Synonymsinoculationvariolization