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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...
Jul 14, 2021 · Smallpox was the leading cause of death in the 18th century. Most people became infected during their lifetimes, and about 30% of those infected died. Jesty had contracted cowpox in his youth and...
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.
Dec 20, 2003 · Although Benjamin Jesty's only experience of life was that of a farmer in a rural community, Jesty had based his experiment on a plausible hypothesis formed from his personal observations and experience—evident from the report of the officers of the Institute in 1805 .
- Patrick J Pead
- 2003
Feb 13, 2022 · For over twenty years, Jesty had lived under a dark cloud of scorn. It was in 1774, when smallpox again threatened the English countryside, that Jesty experimented with his family.
Dec 23, 2006 · The physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries of the Institution asked Jesty about his vaccination “experiment” and received Robert's permission for him to be publicly inoculated again with live smallpox to prove he was still protected against the disease. 12 of the Institute's examining officers were signatories to a statement of the ...
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earlier by another person—Benjamin Jesty. Jenner is rightly celebrated as the scientist whose cautious investigations, published works, and prolific correspondence brought vaccination to the notice of the world. However, his endeavours generated much controversy. He was the victim of satiric ridicule in the popular press, and many eminent ...
