Edward Jenner - The Vaccination Visionary (Paperback)

Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness, and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped bring to an end. Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into the arms of a young boy. To test this, the first human-to-human vaccination, he subsequently inoculated the boy with smallpox itself, and found him to be immune from the disease. In 1979 smallpox was declared extinct. This is the story of Jenner's life, his medical vision, and his profound legacy. That legacy encompasses revolutions in medical experimentation, public health provision, and the prevention of other diseases, from anthrax to measles.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2015
Authors:	Rob Boddice
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
ISBN-13:	978-1-80399-242-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-80399-242-5
Barcode:	9781803992426

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