Virology in order to immunize others. In 1717 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu observed the practice in Istanbul and attempted to popularize it in Britain, but encountered considerable resistance. In 1796 Edward Jenner developed a much safer method, using cowpox to successfully immunize a young boy against smallpox, and this practice was widely adopted. Vaccinations against other viral diseases followed, including the successful rabies vaccination by Louis Pasteur in 1886. The nature of viruses however was not clear to these researchers. In 1892, the Russian biologist Dmitry Ivanovsky used a Chamberland filter to try to isolate the bacteria that caused tobacco mosaic
The Successful Pyrate The Successful Pyrate The Successful Pyrate is a play by Charles Johnson, first performed 1712, published 1713, dealing with the life of the pirate Henry Avery. "The Successful Pyrate" is a romanticised dramatisation of two episodes contained in a pamphlet recently published concerning the career of the pirate Henry Avery: his capture of the Mogul Aurengzeb's ship "Gang-i-sawai", allegedly carrying the Mogul's granddaughter; and a plot against him by his lieutenant De Sale and other pirates. In the play, Avery goes under the name Arviragus, and has made himself a King in Madagascar. He captures the Indian princess Zaida and