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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

What was the first effective cure for a disease in history?

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What was the first effective cure for a disease in history?

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I’m not sure if it counts as a cure or more of a prevention, but smallpox was eradicated in 1980 through vaccines!
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  There was effective medicine before 1980

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