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Why did the syringe come into being?
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The first syringes were used in the early 1800s. They were invented by a doctor named Edward Jenner, who was trying to find a way to prevent smallpox. He noticed that people who had been vaccinated against smallpox were less likely to get sick from cowpox. So he decided to try vaccinating people against cowpox instead. He found that people who got the vaccine were protected from smallpox. This is how the first vaccines were developed.