200 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2000 - 7 Shilling

The history of humanity is characterized not only by wars, but by a succession of diseases such as the plague or smallpox. In 1800, a smallpox epidemic occurred in Vienna, which resulted in around five times the number of deaths than in epidemic-free years. So on 10 December 1800 in Brunn on the mountains of Jean de Carro, the first mass vaccination was carried out. For Austria, this can be regarded as the beginning of vaccination, because the general public was confronted with the topic and thus the breakthrough vaccination took place. The smallpox vaccine can historically be seen as a "paradigm" for vaccination in general: it was the first vaccine ever, achieved a large population relevance and ultimately led to the eradication of smallpox in the world. The other vaccines known to us today are related to the discovery of bacteria by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur. On this basis, spectacular scientific achievements in the development of vaccines have been achieved (diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis). The topic of "vaccination" will continue to accompany humanity for a long time: after the AIDS conference in South Africa in the middle of 2000, the newspapers said that they had to wait at least ten years for an AIDS vaccine!