An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ
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Title
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ
Subject
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
Vaccination
Title pages
Vaccinia
Smallpox
Description
The first edition of Edward Jenner's publication contains his evidence that inoculation with cowpox vaccine matter could be a preventive against smallpox. Pages 32-35 concern Case XVII, an eight-year-old named James Phipps, who was inoculated with cowpox matter taken from Sarah Nelmes, a dairymaid, on May 14, 1796. Subsequent inoculation with smallpox demonstrated the boy's immunity to the disease. The case was Jenner's first vaccination of a human patient.
The title-page of this copy of An Inquiry bears a presentation inscription by Edward Jenner to the Reverend John Clinch.
Abstract
Title page of Edward Jenner's An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae
Creator
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
Publisher
Sampson Low
Date Created
1798
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (fRC183 .A2J43 c.1)
Format
text
Extent
1 title page
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002453
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Michael Freebern Gavin to the Boston Medical Library, 1905
Files
Collection
Citation
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823, “An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ,” OnView, accessed September 30, 2023, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6619.
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