Queen of India who modeled the first smallpox vaccine
Queen of India who modeled for the first smallpox vaccine. When Devjamani reached the royal court of Mysore in 1805, she was to marry Krishna Raja Wadiyar III. Both were 12 years old and Krishna Raja was made the new ruler of an empire in southern India. But Deva Jamani soon dedicated himself to another important cause. She joined the smallpox vaccine campaign and awareness campaign. According to Dr. Nigel Chancellor, a historian at Cambridge University: "His coincidental role is portrayed in a painting by the East India Company, which was commissioned to" encourage participation in the immunization program. " The treatment for smallpox was quite new. It was discovered by a British doctor, Edward Jenner, only six years ago and was met with skepticism and resistance in India. One of the reasons was that it was being offered by the British, whose power was rapidly emerging in the 19th century. But the British were not going to give up their grand scheme of vaccinating Ind...