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Name Edward Jenner Letter
Dates undated (circa 1817-1820)
Extent 1 item
Historical Note English country physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) studied in London with the renowned physician John Hunter.  Jenner's entire medical career was spent in practice in his native Gloucestershire, where he became acquainted with the notion that dairy-maids who had previously contracted cow-pox while milking did not succumb to smallpox.  In 1796 Jenner performed his first vaccination, and his studies were published in 1798 as An Enquiry into the Cause and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the Name of the Cox-pox.  In 1805 Dr. Jenner became a founding member of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (later renamed as the Royal Society of Medicine) and in 1821 he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to King George IV.
Scope and Contents One holograph letter, undated, from Dr. Jenner to his colleague Dr. [John] Baron of Gloucester
Arrangement n/a
Accession Number M2003-15
Provenance Acquired by Dr. Lawrence Reynolds and donated to UAB as part of the Reynolds Historical Library; transferred to the UAB Archives in 2003.
Copyright The UAB Archives maintains its proprietary rights to this item.
Fnding Aid Printed descriptive guide by Tim L. Pennycuff available in repository.
Access Points Baron, John,  d  1786-1851.
Jenner, Edward,  d  1749-1823.
Document Types Correspondence
Location Manuscript Stacks
Related Series None
Physical Condition Acid free folder, acid free box

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