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

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

Caption: 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).

Personalities: CHARLES KNIGHT

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Image size: 3746 × 4662 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 31.7 × 39.5 cm | 1474.8 × 1835.4 in (300 dpi)

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