Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-pox

Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-pox

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Royal Jennerian Society

Smallpox vaccine

Following the discovery of Edward Jenner, the Royal Jennerian Society was formed at the London Tavern on January 19, 1803. Under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the society's goal was to promote the eradication of smallpox through vaccination. This rare broadside announces the formation of the society and encourages the officials of other cities and towns to adopt similar measures.

Broadside entitled Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-pox : at a very numerous and highly respected meeting held at the London tavern, on Wednesday the 19th day of January, 1803, to consider of the best means to be adopted for the extermination of the small-pox, the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor in the Chair. The following address was read and approved, viz. Address to the public ...

Royal Jennerian Society

London

1803

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Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (f RA644.S6 R88 1803)

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1 broadside

English

Gift of Dr. Herbert R. Morgan to the Harvard Medical Library, 2008