Vaccination Against Smallpox
$26.59
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
30 April 1996
Summary
The once-dreaded scourge of smallpox has been eradicated through barrier immunisation. The eminent scientist Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was a pioneer in demonstrating that vaccination was an effective means of preventing smallpox. In the three groundbreaking treatises contained in this volume, originally published between 1798 and 1800, Jenner summarises his evidence in favour of vaccination and describes individual cases.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781573920643 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1573920649 |
| Author: | Edward Jenner |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Imprint: | Prometheus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 1996 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Great Minds Series |
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823) was an English physician who observed that dairymaids who had had cowpox did not get small pox. He then vaccinated James Phipps, a boy of eight, with matter from cowpox. After several weeks, it became apparent that, because the boy had been inoculated, he did not contract smallpox. Jenner then published his results in Inquiry into the Cause and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (1798), thus proving the worth of vaccination.
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