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Benjamin Jesty by Michael William Sharp, 1805. Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736 – 16 April 1816) was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox . The notion that those people infected with cowpox, a relatively mild disease, were subsequently protected against smallpox ...
Jul 14, 2021 · Benjamin Jesty: The unsung hero of vaccination. 13 July 2021. Wellcome Collection. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the first vaccine. More than 250 years before the coronavirus...
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Jul 14, 2021 · Jesty's story began in 1774, when the farmer from Yetminster deliberately infected his family with cowpox in a bid to protect them from the deadly smallpox virus. Smallpox was the leading cause...
Sep 29, 2020 · Smallpox used to kill millions. But a chance discovery led to the first vaccine, and a transformation in human health. Smallpox was a terrible disease. “Your body would ache, you’d have high ...
Dec 23, 2006 · Jesty devised and undertook his vaccination method 22 years before Edward Jenner, who is usually credited as the originator of the same practice. View Large Image. Copyright © 2006 Wellcome Library, London. In 1805 Jesty received an invitation to visit the offices of the Original Vaccine Pock Institution in London.
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Illustration of Benjamin Jesty (1736-1816), English farmer and vaccine pioneer. The idea that infection with cowpox protected against subsequent infections of smallpox was a common folk tale. Jetsy was the first person to test this idea when, during the 1774 smallpox outbreak, he inoculated his wife and sons with liquid from a cowpox lesion a ...
