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  1. 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 .

  2. Sep 29, 2020 · During a smallpox epidemic in the west of England in 1774, farmer Benjamin Jesty decided to try something. He scratched some pus from cowpox lesions on the udders of a cow into the skin of...

  3. Jul 14, 2021 · Benjamin Jesty: The unsung hero of vaccination - BBC News. 14 July 2021. Wellcome Collection. Edward Jenner is credited with developing the first vaccine. More than 250 years before the...

  4. 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.

    • Patrick J Pead
    • 2006
  5. The eradication of smallpox will always endure as Jenner's legacy, but Benjamin Jesty of Yetminster, the first vaccinator, deserves a prominent place in the annals of medical history.

    • Patrick J Pead
    • 2003
  6. During the past years, there has been a growing recognition of Benjamin Jesty (1737–1816) as the first to vaccinate against smallpox ( 21 ). When smallpox was present in Jesty's locality in 1774, he was determined to protect the life of his family.

  7. This was Benjamin Jesty 4 of Yetminster in Dorset who devised and performed cowpox vaccinations against smallpox at Chetnole, near Yetminster in 1774. Two of his subjects were later challenged with smallpox by variolation and were unaffected.

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