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In 1716, English writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu traveled to the Ottoman Empire when her husband was appointed ambassador to Constantinople. While living there, she observed a local practice used to prevent smallpox. The method involved introducing material from a mild smallpox case into a healthy person, a procedure later called variolation.
Montagu had personal reasons to pay attention to smallpox prevention. She had survived smallpox earlier and bore facial scars from the disease. In Constantinople, she arranged for her son to undergo variolation in 1718, under the supervision of local practitioners.
After returning to England, Montagu promoted the procedure among aristocratic circles. In 1721, during a smallpox outbreak in London, variolation was tested more formally. Montagu also arranged for her daughter to be variolated in England, increasing public interest.
Variolation carried risks, but it influenced later medical developments. In 1796, Edward Jenner introduced vaccination using cowpox, which proved safer and became the foundation of modern immunization.
Question: According to the passage, in what year did Montagu arrange variolation for her son?
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