Although today very few doubt the efficacy of vaccines, when in 1796 the English doctor Edward Jenner demonstrated the efficacy of his smallpox vaccine, not the entire scientific world welcomed the advance with enthusiasm. Among the most fervent defenders of the revolutionary method was the Spanish doctor Francisco Javier Balmis Berenguer. His enthusiasm led him to lead what can be considered the first humanitarian mission in history, which between 1803 and 1806 brought Jenner’s vaccine to America and Asia.
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