Vaccination Against Smallpox

by Edward Jenner

The once-dreaded scourge of smallpox has been eradicated through barrier immunization. The eminent scientist Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was a pioneer in demonstrating that vaccination was an effective means of preventing smallpox. In the three groundbreaking treatises contained in this volume, originally published between 1798 and 1800, Jenner summarizes his evidence in favor of vaccination and describes individual cases.

Genres: Science, School, Nonfiction, Read For School

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1996

About the author

English physician, whose work contributed to the smallpox vaccine.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book records the notes written by Edward Jenner in the 1790's, when he was working on vaccination against smallpox with a cowpox material. I needed to know how it all started. Edward Jenner was a great note keeper and that is why he was accredited the invention. It makes sense. The book introduces Sarah Nemes, the milkmaid whom he took cowpox material from and then injected it into a young boy James Phipps. It would seem Edward Jenner wasn't necessarily be the first to do this process but his study was large and listened to.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Medical journal-like summaries and individual examples of the discovery of a smallpox vaccine from cows in England in the late 1790's. Fascinating! But a bit of a tedious read due to time period vernacular and medical jargon.

[Aziz · Rating 3 out of 5]

informational but boring

[Freda Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book from a history and science standpoint. Very interesting to learn about the intense risks involved in creating early vaccines. There were a lot of moral choices involved that would have been difficult if not impossible to make if it were myself. It leaves you with a lot of questions about whether or not it is ethical to harm the few for the sake of the many. My issue with this book is that the writing itself is pretty uninspired.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

he did make scientific history, but he used some very distasteful methods.