variolation

• Procédure médicale historique consistant à inoculer à une personne saine du matériel prélevé sur une vésicule de variole afin de provoquer une infection bénigne et de conférer une immunité contre la maladie.

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

indénombrable

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.

   Variolisation

   • 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.

   Synonymesinoculationvariolization