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Jenner Inoculates James Phipps with Cowpox
- When
- 14 May 1796
- Where
- Jenner's home town where he practiced as a doctor
- Part of
- First Smallpox Vaccination
On 14 May 1796 Jenner tested his cowpox-immunity hypothesis by inoculating James Phipps, his gardener's eight-year-old son, in Berkeley.
On 14 May 1796, Edward Jenner tested his hypothesis by inoculating James Phipps, the eight-year-old son of Jenner's gardener. Jenner was a doctor in Berkeley in Gloucestershire, England, where he was investigating the theory that a person who had contracted cowpox would be immune from smallpox. Phipps was the 17th case described in Jenner's first paper on vaccination.
Sources
- Edward Jenner Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
- Vaccination Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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