Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine
On 14 May 1796, in the Gloucestershire market town of Berkeley, the country doctor Edward Jenner took matter from a fresh sore on the…
22 min read
Reader settings
Colour theme
Colour themes are for light mode. Choosing one switches dark mode off.
Custom colours colour wheel; text is kept readable
Preview: clear, readable research writing.
Text size
Saved in this browser only.
Category
New articles will appear here as soon as they are published. In the meantime, browse everything in the archive or read the latest articles below.
On 14 May 1796, in the Gloucestershire market town of Berkeley, the country doctor Edward Jenner took matter from a fresh sore on the…
22 min read
On the evening of 11 November 1572, walking back from his alchemical laboratory at Herrevad Abbey in Scania, then part of the kingdom of…
23 min read
Some time around 1454 or 1455, in a workshop in the Rhineland city of Mainz, a team of craftsmen working under the direction of…
23 min read