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Doctor Edward Jenner - The Father of Vaccination DRAFT as of 4/11/2014. Dr. Jenner’s House – The Birthplace of Vaccination Click to Visit the Museum. Thesis Statement.
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Doctor Edward Jenner- The Father of VaccinationDRAFT as of 4/11/2014
Dr. Jenner’s House – The Birthplace of VaccinationClick to Visit the Museum
Thesis Statement Why should Edward Jenner receive so much credit for the elimination of smallpox and introduction of vaccination than others who also worked on the topic? Edward Jenner should receive credit because it was he who "convinced the world" of the efficacy of the method and developed it based on scientific method.
Glossary of Key Terms • Vaccination • Smallpox • Cowpox • Pustule (pock) • Etc.
Life of Edward Jenner • Highlights here in bullet form • Link to actual paper
Bibliography – Primary Sources • Jenner, Edward. Two Cases of Smallpox Infection, Communicated to the Foetus in Utero Under Peculiar Circumstances: With Additional Remarks. 1809 • Jenner, Edward. An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolaevaccinae. 1800
Bibliography – Secondary Sources • Hallock, Grace T., and C. E. Turner. Edward Jenner. New York, etc: Metropolitan life insurance company, 1926 • Haven, Kendall F. 2007. 100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited, 2007 • Riedel, S. 2005. "Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination." Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 18, no. 1: 21-25. CINAHL • Davenport, Ramola, Leonard Schwarz, and Jeremy Boulton. ""The decline of adult smallpox in eighteenth-century London"." Economic History Review 64, no. 4 (2011): 1289-1314.