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MEDICAL HISTORY
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THIS SEMIPRECIOUS STONE COMES FROM THE GREEK WORDS MEANING "NOT DRUNK" BECAUSE THE GREEKS AND ROMAN'S BELIEVED THAT WEARING ONE WOULD STOP THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL 

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IN 1796 EDWARD JENNER CREATED THE WORLD'S FIRST VACCINE WHICH HELPED THIS DISEASE TO BE THE FIRST ONE COMPLETELY ERADICATED WHICH HAPPENED IN 1980 

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