The Homespun Origins of Vaccination: A Brief History
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
If you think you know how vaccination began - think again - because its dawn is clouded in myth and misrepresentation. Not a ‘discovery or an ‘invention’, vaccination was a development of what had gone before. Man’s battle against infectious disease had started in the Far East long ago with strange but effective practices to prevent smallpox. The true process of vaccination was first conceived and performed during 1774 by a yeoman farmer named Benjamin Jesty who lived in Dorset, UK. This predated Dr Edward Jenner by 22 years.The author presents a brief history of an endeavour which eventually culminated in the global eradication of an infectious disease. Edward Jenner is rightly recognised as the father of vaccination, but one of Mankind’s greatest achievements had very humble beginnings. The first verified applications of an empirical vaccine took place in a field in a rural area of southern England by a little known historical figure – an ordinary man who did something extra-ordinary. His ‘experiment’ may have had much greater influence than is commonly supposed. Here is a fascinating story that is thought provoking, and one which sets the record straight.The Homespun Origins of Vaccination is a low cost, well illustrated e-book. It is suitable as an introduction for students, historians, those in the medical professions, or anyone with an interest in the topic
Patrick J Pead
Patrick J Pead spent over thirty years as a scientist working on the diagnosis of human microbial diseases followed by research in molecular microbiology and immunology. His interest in the origins of vaccination began in 1985 as a result of a chance discovery of an inscription on the gravestone of Benjamin Jesty in Dorset, England. During 2011 Patrick was awarded Fellowship of The Historical Association and was elected as a Member of The Royal Historical Society in the same year.
Related to The Homespun Origins of Vaccination
Related ebooks
The Homespun Origins of Vaccination Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Discovery of the Germ Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeverish Bodies, Enlightened Minds: Science and the Yellow Fever Controversy in the Early American Republic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Devil's Ruse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bureaucracy of Empathy: Law, Vivisection, and Animal Pain in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNot Your Ordinary Doctor: A Cavalcade of Artistic Apothecaries, Footloose Physicians and Murdering Medicos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Thomas Morris' The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Blood and its Third Element Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhispers of Medicine's Past: Unearthing Bright and Dark Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThrough the Pages of History: An Art, Music and Medical Miscellany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Lindsey Fitzharris's The Butchering Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScientific Feuds: From Galileo to the Human Genome Project Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hormones, Heredity, and Race: Spectacular Failure in Interwar Vienna Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cold, Hard Facts About Science and Medicine in Colonial America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAccidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMadness on trial: A transatlantic history of English civil law and lunacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBloodletting and Germs: A Doctor in Nineteenth Century Rural New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Roy Porter's Blood and Guts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Six Legs Better: A Cultural History of Myrmecology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnderstanding Modern Health Care: The Wonders We Created and the Potholes We Dug Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVaccine and Serum Evils Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Medical For You
The Lost Book of Simple Herbal Remedies: Discover over 100 herbal Medicine for all kinds of Ailment, Inspired By Dr. Barbara O'Neill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hormone Reset Diet: Heal Your Metabolism to Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 21 Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 40 Day Dopamine Fast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mediterranean Diet Meal Prep Cookbook: Easy And Healthy Recipes You Can Meal Prep For The Week Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living Daily With Adult ADD or ADHD: 365 Tips o the Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Adult ADHD: How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer's World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White Coat Investor: A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tight Hip Twisted Core: The Key To Unresolved Pain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5ATOMIC HABITS:: How to Disagree With Your Brain so You Can Break Bad Habits and End Negative Thinking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Herbal Healing for Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Homespun Origins of Vaccination
0 ratings0 reviews