Edward Jenner Research Paper
Edward Jenner was an English surgeon that is now greatly known in the field of science as discovering a way to vaccinate for smallpox. Because of his achievements in the medical field of science, this has led to many other great discoveries and a way to control a great deal of diseases. Because of him, the smallpox disease is now virtually nonexistent. That is why he is also known as the “Father of Immunology”
Jenner was born May 17, 1749 in the English countryside. His father was a clergyman. His mother and father both died when Jenner was only five years old. He was the eighth child of nine born to his parents. He was primarily raised by his older brother who also was a clergyman. Not much was said about his childhood, however, it is presumed that he had a typical childhood of playing and studying with schoolwork as he attended grammar school until the age of 13. In those days things had not yet been very industrialized and it was …show more content…
More than two decades before Jenner’s vaccination discovery five investigators in England and Germany successfully tested a cowpox vaccine against smallpox. Furthermore, in 1774, Dorset farmer Benjamin Jesty successfully vaccinated his wife and two children during an epidemic. But Edward Jenner was the first person to conduct the experiment openly and prove that people inoculated with cowpox were immune to smallpox and publish it. He also demonstrated that protective cowpox pus could be effectively inoculated from person to person, not just directly from cattle (saving the cows). More importantly it was due to his ensuing efforts that cowpox vaccine was adopted worldwide. Despite not being the first person to test it, Jenner is credited with discovering the cowpox vaccine. And I’m ok with that. The result is that this man worked hard to enable the world to be healthier than it would have been, saving possibly more lives than any other person in
Jenner was born May 17, 1749 in the English countryside. His father was a clergyman. His mother and father both died when Jenner was only five years old. He was the eighth child of nine born to his parents. He was primarily raised by his older brother who also was a clergyman. Not much was said about his childhood, however, it is presumed that he had a typical childhood of playing and studying with schoolwork as he attended grammar school until the age of 13. In those days things had not yet been very industrialized and it was …show more content…
More than two decades before Jenner’s vaccination discovery five investigators in England and Germany successfully tested a cowpox vaccine against smallpox. Furthermore, in 1774, Dorset farmer Benjamin Jesty successfully vaccinated his wife and two children during an epidemic. But Edward Jenner was the first person to conduct the experiment openly and prove that people inoculated with cowpox were immune to smallpox and publish it. He also demonstrated that protective cowpox pus could be effectively inoculated from person to person, not just directly from cattle (saving the cows). More importantly it was due to his ensuing efforts that cowpox vaccine was adopted worldwide. Despite not being the first person to test it, Jenner is credited with discovering the cowpox vaccine. And I’m ok with that. The result is that this man worked hard to enable the world to be healthier than it would have been, saving possibly more lives than any other person in