EDWARD JENNER AND VACCINATION
Jan 21, 2021
1 minute
As a child, Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was inoculated against smallpox – thanks to the work of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( ) and at 14 was apprenticed as a surgeon. In 1770, Jenner moved to London to train under renowned surgeon John Hunter before returning home to Gloucestershire and becoming a local practitioner.
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