The Life of Edward Jenner M.D.
With Illustrations of his Doctrines, and Selections from his Correspondence

Published 1827–38, this laudatory two-volume biography illuminates Jenner's professional and personal life as well as the science of vaccination.

John Baron (Author)

9781108071130, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

656 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.7 cm, 0.82 kg

Written by his friend, the physician John Baron (1786–1851), this laudatory biography of the 'father of immunology' did much to enhance the reputation of Edward Jenner (1749–1823) upon its publication in two volumes between 1827 and 1838. The work covers Jenner's personal and professional life both before and after his development of the vaccine for smallpox, as well as touching on the vaccine's reception and use around the world. Thoroughly explaining the history and facts of vaccination, Baron established himself as an authority on the subject. Although criticised by some for its unquestioning praise of Jenner's genius, the work is valuable for its use of primary sources, drawing heavily on correspondence and personal notes, excerpts of which appear throughout the text. Volume 1, published in 1827, focuses on Jenner's early life and the history and science of vaccination.

Dedication
1. History of his early life
2. 1773–83, including letters from John Hunter
3. Life from 1783 to the publication of the 'Inquiry'
4. Early history of vaccination
5. Opinions of Dr Jenner respecting the variola, and variolae vaccinae
6. Sketch of the history of variola, and of variolous inoculation
7. Dr Jenner's opinion respecting the origins of small-pox and cow-pox
8. Difference between variola and variolae vaccinae
9. Life after the publication of the 'Inquiry' to July 1800
10. Introduction of vaccination into America, etc.
11. Publication of the account of the origin of vaccine inoculation
12. Presentation of plate by his friends in Gloucestershire
13. Adverse claims, French and Hindoo
14. Formation of the Royal Jennerian Society
Index.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]