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Edward Jenner

- The Vaccination Visionary
Af: Rob Boddice Engelsk Paperback

Edward Jenner

- The Vaccination Visionary
Af: Rob Boddice Engelsk Paperback
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Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped to end.

Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into the arm of a young boy. To test this, the first human-to-human vaccination, he subsequently inoculated the boy with smallpox itself, and found him to be immune from the disease. In 1979 smallpox was declared extinct.

In this concise biography, Rob Boddice tells the story of Jenner’s life, his medical vision and his profound legacy. It is a story that encompasses revolutions in medical experimentation, public health provision and the prevention of other diseases, from anthrax to measles, but above all it highlights the profound impact that Jenner’s vision has had upon humanity’s battle against disease.

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Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped to end.

Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into the arm of a young boy. To test this, the first human-to-human vaccination, he subsequently inoculated the boy with smallpox itself, and found him to be immune from the disease. In 1979 smallpox was declared extinct.

In this concise biography, Rob Boddice tells the story of Jenner’s life, his medical vision and his profound legacy. It is a story that encompasses revolutions in medical experimentation, public health provision and the prevention of other diseases, from anthrax to measles, but above all it highlights the profound impact that Jenner’s vision has had upon humanity’s battle against disease.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 128
ISBN-13: 9781803992426
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1803992425
Kategori: Gloucestershire
Udg. Dato: 2 feb 2023
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 199mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 2 feb 2023
Forfatter(e): Rob Boddice
Forfatter(e) Rob Boddice


Kategori Gloucestershire


ISBN-13 9781803992426


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 128


Udgave


Længde 12mm


Bredde 199mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 2 feb 2023


Oplagsdato 2 feb 2023


Forlag The History Press Ltd