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Works by Edward Jenner

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Scientific Papers: Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology (2003) — Contributor — 260 copies, 4 reviews

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Jenner, Edward Anthony
Birthdate
1749-05-17
Date of death
1823-01-26
Gender
male
Occupations
physician
scientist
Short biography
Edward Jenner was a British physician who developed the world's first vaccine. He proved that individuals who had been infected by cowpox were immune to smallpox and popularized the intentional infection of people by cowpox as a means of providing immunity to the much more dangerous smallpox virus.
Nationality
England
UK
Birthplace
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Place of death
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain

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