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About one in 200 people died from this procedure, but most became mildly sick, recovering in a few days.
預防接種的死亡率為兩百分之一，不過大多數人會出現輕微不適，幾天后即可恢復。
In the process, they gained immunity to the disease.
通過預防接種，他們獲得了抵抗天花病毒的免疫力。
Because smallpox inoculation exposed people to such a tiny dose of the virus, it caused far fewer deaths than the natural spread of the disease.
因為接種天花疫苗時，人體會接觸到極少劑量的病毒,疫苗接種所引發的死亡遠遠低于天花自然傳播。
Still, London physicians were skeptical of anything peasants or traditional healers did.
不過,倫敦醫生對農民和傳統醫師的這一治療方法仍持懷疑態度。
Not until fashionable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu returned from Turkey did it catch on with the upper classes.
直到瑪麗·沃爾特利·孟塔古從土耳其回國后，這種治療方法才進入上流社會。
Having observed Turkish healers, Lady Mary had her son inoculated in London and published a pamphlet explaining the procedure.
通過觀察土耳其的治愈者,瑪麗夫人讓兒子在倫敦接種了疫苗，并且出版了一本小冊子解釋這一治療過程。
Soon, even physicians saw that inoculation gave people a better chance of contracting a mild case of smallpox, preventing many deaths.
很快，甚至那些內科醫生也逐漸意識到疫苗接種只會讓人們出現輕微的天花癥狀，它拯救了很多人的性命。
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