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52. What was the main problem associated with variolation at that time?

One in ten of those variolated seriously suffered the disease.
A small proportion of those variolation were disabled for life.
About 10% of those variolation died of the disease.
It gave a healthy person the mild form of the disease.

53. During the time , what was the death rate in percentage of children who caught smallpox?

About 33%
About 66%
about 13%
about 20%

54. Where were the children kept after being infected ?

They were made to stay in a camp prepared for such children.
They had a special room where such children were quarantined.
They were kept in a special ward in a hospital.
They stayed in a farm building where animals were kept.

55. Why were children infected intentionally with a deadly disease? Because….

That was the way children were brought up.
There were too many children during those days.
They were being vaccinated.
Doctors knew the infection would not kill.

56. Why was Jenner’s report rejected for publication?

It was not based on adequate experiment .
The reviewers felt it refuted accepted theories.
The report had serious inaccuracies.
The reviewers felt envious of his work.

57. Why didn’t Phipps develop smallpox after the second variolation?

The smallpox variolation was not as risky as they thought.
A mild form of smallpox was used in the second variolation.
Because he was a healthy child , he could resist smallpox.
The variolation of cowpox guarded him against smallpox.

58. Why did many of the physicians Jenner was taking too great a risk? Because…

They believed the experiment was not worth doing.
Doing the variolation again would be an act of child abuse
He was variolating phipps with a riskier virus
He was variolating phipps for the second time.

59. What do you think was the response of James Phipps’ parent’s to Jenner’s request?

They agreed that the experiment was risky.
They were silent but Jenner made his own decision to do the experiment.
They did not agree because the experiment was risky.
They agreed because they knew there was no serious risk.

60. “Jenner performed the procedure many times although he used….”

(Paragraph 2). What does the phrase “the procedure” refer to?

Treating patients gently
Using less severe methods
Doing variolation
Performing surgery

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