Smallpox Great Britain it became the dominant form of smallpox, further reducing mortality rates. The English physician Edward Jenner demonstrated the effectiveness of cowpox to protect humans from smallpox in 1796, after which various attempts were made to eliminate smallpox on a regional scale. In Russia in 1796, the first child to receive this treatment was bestowed the name "Vaccinov" by Catherine the Great, and was educated at the expense of the nation. The introduction of the vaccine to the New World took place in Trinity, Newfoundland in 1800 by Dr. John Clinch, boyhood friend and medical colleague of Jenner. As
HMS Surprise (1796) time, Le Drézénec, who had been recently promoted to "capitaine de frégate", was suffering from smallpox and was incapacitated. Consequently, her first lieutenant, Lieutenant Le Breton, commanded "Unité". Captain Thomas Fremantle in command of the frigate HMS "Inconstant" had heard there was a French frigate in Bône, and sailed to intercept her. When "Unité" arrived in the afternoon of 20 April 1796, the watch aboard "Unité" identified "Inconstant" as a neutral vessel and Le Breton did not clear the ship for action. About an hour later, "Inconstant" sailed alongside, boarded and captured "Unité" intact. About a year after capture, "Unité"