Written by a French-speaking immunologist and translated into English, the book deals less with the eradication of smallpox than Jenner's contributions to the development of vaccination and the ...

A plaque dedicated to vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner has been unveiled to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his death. It stands outside The Old School, on Park Lane, Cirencester, where he was a ...

It was quite a victory, then, when English physician Edward Jenner developed an inoculation against smallpox in 1796. Armed with the knowledge that milkmaids who had been exposed to cowpox ...

A section of cow horn, inscribed 'G C Jenner, 1825'; possibly a relic of a cow called 'Blossom' - the source of the first vaccination fluid. 'G C' is Edward Jenner's (1749-1823) nephew ...

In 1796, Edward Jenner, a British scientist and surgeon, had a brainstorm that ultimately led to the development of the first vaccine. A young milkmaid had told him how people who contracted ...

Krylova, Olga Earn, David J. D. and Dobson, Andy P. 2020. Patterns of smallpox mortality in London, England, over three centuries. PLOS Biology, Vol. 18, Issue. 12, p ...

Vaccines have been a staple of modern medicine since Edward Jenner’s pioneering work with smallpox in 1796, but it is relatively recently that a professional society was formed to support the ...