Title
Edward Jenner Vaccinating Child, c.1796
Caption
Dr. Jenner performing his first vaccination on a child, 1796. Oil painting by Ernest Board. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was an English physician and pioneer of vaccination. Jenner coined the word vaccination to describe his use of cowpox inoculation to obtain immunity to smallpox. Folk tales from his native Gloucestershire suggested that dairy hands who had contracted the milder cowpox did not contract the deadlier small pox. Jenner experimented on a small boy by inoculating him with fluid obtained from the blister of a patient with cowpox. He repeated his experiments and in 1798 published his results. The practice of vaccinating against smallpox quickly spread.
Info+
Photographe : Photo Researchers
Credit line
Photo12/Alamy/Science History Images
Reference
LMY20T02_HRP38F
Usage
only for France
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
29,1Mo (2,3Mo) / 32,9cm x 22,1cm / 3891 x 2610 (300dpi)