Jen‧ner, Edward /ˈdʒenəʳ/
(1749–1823) a British doctor who developed the principle of
vaccination. He discovered that putting a small amount of
COWPOX (=a disease that affects cows) into people's bodies protected them from
smallpox, a related disease that had killed many people until then.
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