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Biography: Edward Jenner
Born 1749, Died 1823
Edward Jenner, who discovered a method of preventing smallpox, was born on May 17, 1749 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
Jenner decided to become a doctor and apprenticed with a doctor near Bristol. During his apprenticeship Jenner heard a farm girl tell the doctor that she could not get smallpox because she had already suffered from cowpox. This began Edward Jenner’s theory of the relationship between the two diseases.
In 1770 Jenner went to London for his internship. His idea that smallpox and cowpox were related was of little interest.
In 1773 Edward Jenner returned to Berkeley to begin his medical practice. While carrying on his practice, Jenner continued his experiments with cowpox. He discovered that there were two forms of cowpox, only one of which provided immunity against smallpox.
In 1796 Jenner infected a health boy with cowpox. Two months later the boy was exposed to smallpox, but did not get the disease. When Jenner went to London to demonstrate his theory no one would be vaccinated. Edward Jenner returned home. His theory was only accepted after a successful vaccination by another doctor. Jenner was finally honored by the British government for his work.
Edward Jenner died at Berkeley, England on January 26, 1823.
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