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Edward Jenner, detail of an oil painting by James Northcote, 1803; in the National...
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner.
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner Injecting the Vaccine into His Son
, sculpture by Giulio Monteverde,...
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Edward Jenner inoculating his son with the smallpox vaccine, statue by Giulio Monteverde;...
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Edward Jenner vaccinating his child against smallpox; colored engraving.
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