Edward Jenner:

It is not, that I am an enemy to the practice of inoculation; on the contrary, I am a warm friend to it, and have been so for many years. But I am convinced, that the present mode of conducting it is attended with many disadvantages, and that it may be rendered much more safe and efficacious.

— Edward Jenner Early Modern

Smallpox vaccine

Context

Letter to the Royal Society (though not published by them)

Date / Period

1788

Source

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2495861/

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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