{"id":2386292,"date":"2020-06-15T20:05:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T00:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/?p=2386292"},"modified":"2020-06-15T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T00:05:50","slug":"edward-jenner-vaccination-smallpox-book-2386292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/edward-jenner-vaccination-smallpox-book-2386292\/","title":{"rendered":"What a 1798 book on the dawn of vaccines can teach us"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the ongoing speculation around the development of a viable COVID-19 vaccine, there’s no better time to revisit the history of vaccination.<\/p>\n
One foundational text of modern immunology and vaccination in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries’ Special Collections offers a window into both the history of inoculation and anti-vaccination sentiment.<\/p>\n
“For one thing, [Edward] Jenner’s book gives a certain kind of reassurance\u2014hope, even.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Published in 1798, this first-edition copy of Edward Jenner’s An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England<\/em>, describes how smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in history, was cured by unexpected means.<\/p>\n
More importantly, it made that discovery known to the world, says Carnegie Mellon University’s new Curator of Special Collections Samuel Lemley<\/a>.<\/p>\n
“Vaccinations<\/a> are a more recent development than many realize, and its early success was far from guaranteed,” Lemley says.<\/p>\n
“By examining this text, we can revisit history<\/a> and remind ourselves that progress usually comes sooner rather than later and that effective treatments<\/a> often come from the least expected places.”<\/p>\n
Here, Lemley discusses the importance of Jenner’s book, it’s significance in medical history, and how it connects to our current experience with the coronavirus pandemic:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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