It was quite a victory, then, when English physician Edward Jenner developed an inoculation ... He called his new procedure vaccination, after vacca, which is Latin for cow. A vaccine works ...

Written by a French-speaking immunologist and translated into English, the book deals less with the eradication of smallpox than Jenner's contributions to the development of vaccination and the ...

A strong contemporary anti-vaccination movement ... But the final breakthrough was caused by Edward Jenner, who, while aged ...

Ever since Edward Jenner discovered the smallpox vaccine two centuries ago, immunization efforts have almost exclusively focused on activating the immune system. But when it comes to multiple ...

The smallpox vaccine Smallpox was the first successful vaccine, developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner. "Jenner really popularized the procedure, making it a common practice," says Hokeness.

With the first cases dating as early as 1350 BCE, the disease caused millions of deaths. But in 1796, Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine — the first successful vaccine to be developed. Today, ...

In 1796, Edward Jenner, a British scientist and surgeon, had a brainstorm that ultimately led to the development of the first vaccine. A young milkmaid had told him how people who contracted ...

A section of cow horn, inscribed 'G C Jenner, 1825'; possibly a relic of a cow called 'Blossom' - the source of the first vaccination fluid. 'G C' is Edward Jenner's (1749-1823) nephew ...

Members of the Cotswold Sculptors Association are staging an exhibition in the historic garden of Dr Jenner’s House in ...