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Explanation:
Edward Jenners develops vaccination for smallpox, saves countless lives in the process, yet is frequently accused of conducting unethical experiments. Unethical experiments are human experimentation that violates the principles of medical ethics.
On May 14, 1796, Jenner vaccinated James Phipps, an eight-year-old, a material obtained from a milkmaid who had cowpox. In a few weeks, Jenner deliberately infected Phipps with smallpox to see if he would develop the disease. This was unethical by modern standards because exposing a young boy to one of the most deadly diseases in the world could result in death. Thankfully, Jenner’s experiment was successful and James did not develop smallpox.
Jenner did not know what caused smallpox or why exposure to cowpox was protective, but he spent the rest of his life promoting his method and supplying dried cowpox matter to people all over the world. He certainly intended to do good to Phipps by protecting him from smallpox, but he could also have caused great harm if James had died from the disease. If he had carried out his experiment today, Jenner would have been struck off the Medical Register, meaning that he could no longer practice as a doctor. Also, according to the modern Nuremberg code, Jenner did violate many of the elements.
