The Edward Jenner Museum

Housed in the elegant Queen Anne house which was Dr Jenner’s home from 1785 until his death. Displays celebrate the life and work of this world famous C18th doctor who was also a medical scientist, pioneer of smallpox vaccination, naturalist, geologist, balloonist, poet...and more!

Edward Jenner became world famous following his publication in 1798 in which he demonstrated that vaccination with cowpox prevented the deadly smallpox. As use of his treatment spread he found that he had to spend more and more of his time answering correspondence about it. He called himself 'the Vaccine Clerk to the World'. He continued to advise and research on the safest ways to produce and transport his cowpox vaccine.

Smallpox was the most feared and greatest killer of Jenner's time. In today's terms it was as deadly as cancer or heart disease. It killed 10% of the population, rising to 20% in towns and cities where infection spread easily. Among children, it accounted for one-in-three of all deaths. Jenner called it the Speckled Monster.

Edward Jenner's Inquiry can be identified as the origin of one of the most important branches of modern medicine. All that is known about disease prevention by vaccination, our understanding of allergy, autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis), transplantation and AIDS follows from this fundamental work by Edward Jenner. Jenner is acknowledged as the Father of Immunology - the science of our body's defence against invading bugs and chemicals.

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Adult		£4.25
Child		£2.50
Family		£10.75

The Edward Jenner Museum
The Chantry
Church Lane
Berkeley
Gloucestershire
GL13 9BN
Tel: 01453 810631
Fax: 01453 811690
Email: manager@jennermuseum.com