Jenner's first vaccination

Name: Jenner's first vaccination
Start: 1796
Location: Berkeley, England

1796 · Berkeley, England · Europe · Science

Cowpox shields against smallpox — vaccination is born

Jenner's first vaccination — Cjc13 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In May 1796 country doctor Edward Jenner inoculated young James Phipps with cowpox and showed it protected against smallpox. Vaccination was born — a method that saved hundreds of millions of lives and later made smallpox eradication possible.

State: Kingdom of Great Britain, British Empire

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