| Term Paper Title | Edward Jenner |
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner, a British Doctor, theorized that if a person was exposed to cowpox they would not contract smallpox thus laying the foundation for common vaccination.
Jenner was born on May 17, 1749 to Rev. Stephen Jenner of Glouchestercounty. By the time Jenner reached five, he was orphaned and was largely looked after by his Aunt Deborah. By the time had reached 13 it was decided that he would practice medicine and he became an apprentice to Dr. Daniel Ludlow, a surgeon near Bristol.
In 1770, He became a house pupil of John hunter, a London surgeon, and anatomist; a long lasting friendship sprang up from their time together lasting until Hunters Death in 1793. Jenner who had always loved nature was asked once to arrange the botanical specimens of Mr. Joseph Banks, later Sir Joseph Banks the president of the Royal Society, who had returned from an expedition with Captain Cook. He must have done a good job because according to some accounts he was offered the post of naturalist on Cook’s next expedition.
In 1770, he returned to his hometown of Berkley to set up his own Medical Practice. He had experience from his long training in practice. To this day, some say that Jenner was not a “Doctor” per se because he had not qualified for a doctorate but he did later receive one from St. Andrews University and in 1813 by diploma from Oxford University.
The eighteenth century was one plagued by small pox epidemics that could pop up anywhere leaving behind the pockmarked faces of its victims, if they survived. During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of inoculation began to take root to prevent small pox for no mother counted her child safe until after smallpox had passed them over. The theory went that if a child was inoculated with a mild form of the dreaded disease that it would be less of a risk to have a mild form of it than a full strength form of it that could kill it. When the practice of inoculation increased in 1738, no one could escape the fact that the inoculation was very often not mild and many died from it. Frequent side effect often accompanied it such as sever damage to the heart, brain, eyes, and other vital organs. Later in 1...Read entire document
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