Descripción
The once-dreaded scourge of smallpox has been eradicated through barrier immunization. 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 summarizes his evidence in favor of vaccination and describes individual cases.
Author: Edward Jenner
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 05/01/1996
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.59w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9781573920643
ISBN10: 1573920649
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Medical | Epidemiology
Author: Edward Jenner
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 05/01/1996
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.59w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9781573920643
ISBN10: 1573920649
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Medical | Epidemiology
About the Author
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.