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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 · 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...
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...
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.
Feb 13, 2022 · Jesty believed replacing smallpox matter with cowpox was the safer approach. One spring day in 1774, Jesty set out with his wife, Mary, and their two toddlers, to a neighboring farm in...
Dec 20, 2003 · Certain of the notion that cowpox protected against smallpox, Jesty had the idea of substituting smallpox material with that of cowpox as an effective and safer form of inoculation. The project must have been discussed with his wife and at least one other person.
Feb 21, 2019 · During a smallpox epidemic in 1774, English farmer Benjamin Jesty used the cowpox virus to successfully inoculate his wife but did not make his experiment public.
