Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823)

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[DallasBiff]

In 1796, he carried out his now famous experiment on eight-year-old James Phipps. Jenner inserted pus taken from a cowpox pustule and inserted it into an incision on the boy's arm. He was testing his theory, drawn from the folklore of the countryside, that milkmaids who suffered the mild disease of cowpox never contracted smallpox, one of the greatest killers of the period, particularly among children. Jenner subsequently proved that having been inoculated with cowpox Phipps was immune to smallpox. He submitted a paper to the Royal Society in 1797 describing his experiment, but was told that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof. Undaunted, Jenner experimented on several other children, including his own 11-month-old son. In 1798, the results were finally published an

[Hiddigeigei]

"He submitted a paper to the Royal Society in 1797 describing his experiment, but was told that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof."
Lister's ideas were also mocked by the medical profession: "Lister's ideas were mocked; and again, in 1873, the medical journal The Lancet warned the entire medical profession against his progressive ideas." – Wikipedia article on Joseph Lister.

[SunkenCiv]

[Fiddlstix]

Jenner was a great man. Thank God for him.

[Grampa Dave]

“I wonder if we swabbed between Rachel Madcow’s lower cheeks~