Edward Jennet (1749-1823) was a English physician who pioneered vaccination.
Short Biography:
In Jenner's day, smallpox was a major killer. His discovery that inoculation with cowpox gives immunity to smallpox was a great medical breakthrough. He coined the word vaccination from the Latin word for cowpox vaccina.
Why is Edward Jenner famous?
Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist.
No related sites found. If you are the webmaster of a website, blog or forum that contains related information to this page, we invite you to submit it for inclusion here.
Please add a link to our website before submitting your link(s).
Your link will be validated by our editors in about 48 hours.
irrelevant
broken