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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...
Benjamin Jesty was the first smallpox vaccinator in England. This is a song about how it came about. Lyrics, music and vocal by Tad Malinowski.The drawings b...
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...
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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.
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 4, 2020 · Listen now. Benjamin Jesty: The Dorset man who invented vaccines. Benjamin Jesty is the Dorset man who should perhaps be more famous for his work in the field of vaccination. Patrick J...
Dec 23, 2006 · During 1774, in the face of a smallpox epidemic, he vaccinated his wife and two sons with cowpox lymph taken from lesions on the udder of an infected cow. Jesty devised and undertook his vaccination method 22 years before Edward Jenner, who is usually credited as the originator of the same practice.
