Jenner
[dʒenә]
Definition
(noun.) English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823).
Edited by Alison--From WordNet
Examples
- Jenner in 1798 for the first time announced his discovery of this great boon to the human race. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Seventeenth Century was notable for the discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey; the Eighteenth Century brought with it vaccination by Jenner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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