Edward Jenner

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English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

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By Mr. Edward Jenner. Source: Internet

Edward Jenner had also discovered vaccination using cowpox ( Vaccinia ) to give cross-immunity to smallpox in 1796, and by Pasteur's time this had generally replaced the use of actual smallpox ( Variola ) material in inoculation. Source: Internet

Edward Jenner, the father of vaccination, created the first vaccine for smallpox. Source: Internet

In 1796 Edward Jenner developed a much safer method, using cowpox to successfully immunize a young boy against smallpox, and this practice was widely adopted. Source: Internet

Edward Jenner, one of the early developers of the smallpox vaccine, inoculating a child from the disease in 1796. Source: Internet

Richard B. Fisher, Edward Jenner (Andre Deutsch, 1991) 40–42 He earned his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1792. Source: Internet

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