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An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae..., 1802
Edward Jenner's An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae..., 1802, offers 23 case studies detailing his experiment and observations of the protective effects of cowpox against smallpox through innoculation.
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SmallpoxCreator:
Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
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Dr. Edward Jenner
English physician and scientist Edward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in 1796 when he inoculated a young boy, James Phipps, with pustules of cowpox, a disease similar to but much milder than smallpox.
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