Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837. Artist: Unknown.

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Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted immunity to smallpox was given by cow-pox. In 1796 he vaccinated James Phipps a number of times with pus from cow-pox pustules on a dairy maid. He then inoculated him with smallpox. The boy was ill for a few days, then recovered. From The Gallery of Portraits by Charles Knight. (London, 1837). (Colorised black and white print).

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