Edward Jenner Facts
Edward Jenner Facts
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| Jenner was the eighth of nine children born to Reverend Stephen Jenner, the vicar of Berkeley. |
| His father's position allowed Jenner to receive a good education. |
| In 1763 he was apprenticed to a surgeon, Mr Daniel Ludlow where he learned his craft. |
| In 1770 he was apprenticed in surgery and anatomy at St George's Hospital. |
| Jenner contributed papers on angina pectoris, ophtalmia, cardiac disease and cowpox to the Gloucestershire Medical Society. |
| 1788 Jenner was elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his publication of a study of the nested cuckoo. |
| In 1792 Jenner earned his MD from University of St Andrews. |
| Inoculation was already in use but involved actual smallpox and carried serious risk. |
| British and German scientists had used cowpox vaccine to protect against smallpox but it wasn't until Jenner's work in the 1790's that the mechanism was understood. |
| His unique contribution was that subsequent to inoculation of his 23 test subjects with cowpox he challenged their immunity with exposure to smallpox. |
| He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1802. |
| In 1821 he was given the great honor of being appointed Physician Extraordinary to King George IV. |
| In 1840 the British government banned inoculation with smallpox and provided free vaccination with cowpox. |
| He continued his study of birds and in 1823 he presented his "Observations on the Migration of Birds" to the Royal Society. |
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