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. 2005 Jan;18(1):21-5.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2005.11928028.

Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

Stefan Riedel  1
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Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

Stefan Riedel. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2005 Jan.
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Edward Jenner (1749–1823). Photo courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1689–1762). Photo courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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The hand of Sarah Nelms. Photo courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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The Temple of Vaccinia. Photo courtesy of the Jenner Museum, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
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Smallpox in India, 1970s. Photo courtesy of the World Health Organization.
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