GB 0114 MS0016 - JENNER, Edward (1775-1849)

1 volume, 1 folder

Most of the papers were collected and bequeathed to John Baron, (1786-1851) the friend and biographer of Edward Jenner.
GB 0114 MS0016 [1798-1819] Collection (fonds) 1 volume, 1 folder Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , physician and naturalist

Born, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 1749; educated at private schools at Wootton-under-Edge and Cirencester; apprenticed to Daniel Ludlow of Sodbury, a surgeon; pupil-resident in the house of John Hunter, 1770-1772; employed by Sir Joseph Banks to prepare specimens from Captain Cook's voyage; studied at St George's Hospital; practiced at Berkeley, 1773; continued to correspond with John Hunter on many subjects; member of medical societies at Rodborough and Alveston, reading papers on medical subjects and natural history; Fellow, Royal Society, 1788; MD, University of St Andrew's, 1792; continued his investigations into cow pox and small pox; vaccinated a boy James Phipps with cow pox and then small pox, who contracted cow pox but not small pox, 1796; published An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolæ vaccinæ, a disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England ... known by the name of the cow pox, 1798; sent cow pox material throughout England and abroad for vaccinations; vaccinated nearly 200 people at Petworth, Sussex, 1800; granted £10,000 by Parliament in recognition of his work, 1802; Royal Jennerian Society established to promote spread of vaccination in London, 1802; replaced by the National Vaccine Establishment, 1808; continued to work and publish on vaccination; died, 1823, Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
Publications include: Cursory observations on Emetic Tartar [1780?]; An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolæ vaccinæ, a disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England ... known by the name of the cow pox (Printed for the author: London, 1798); Further observations on the Variolæ Vaccinæ or Cow Pox (London, 1799); A comparative Statement of facts and observations relative to the cow-pox with Dr Woodville (London, 1800); The origin of the Vaccine Inoculation (London, 1801); On the varieties and modifications of the vaccine pustule, occasioned by an herpetic state of the skin (Cheltenham, 1806; Gloucester reprinted, 1819); Facts for the most part unobserved, or not duly noticed, respecting variolous contagion (London, 1808); Letter from E. J. to W. Dillwyn on the effects of vaccination, in preserving from the small-pox. To which are added sundry documents relating to vaccination, etc (Philadelphia, 1818); A letter to C. H. Parry, M.D., ... on the influence of Artificial Eruptions in certain diseases. ... With an inquiry respecting the probable advantages to be derived from further experiments (London, 1822); The Note-Book of Edward Jenner in the possession of the Royal College of Physicians of London (Oxford University Press, London, 1931).

Most of the papers were collected and bequeathed to John Baron, (1786-1851) the friend and biographer of Edward Jenner.

Please see the Royal College of Surgeons catalogue for details

Papers of Edward Jenner, [1798-1819], comprising draft of his paper on cow pox, [1798]; letter to his son R F Jenner, 1819; papers including fragments of his journal and verses; letters from Jenner, [1796-1823], to various correspondents including Mr E Gardner of Frampton, including account of his inoculation of James Phipps, 1796, and to John Baron; letters to Jenner, 1801-1819, including from E Gardner, Sydney Smith; letters to John Baron, 1823-1829, including from G C Jenner.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.
English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England also holds correspondence between Jenner and Hunter, (Reference: Hunter-Jenner letters).

Correspondence and papers, 1772-1823, are held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine (Reference: MSS 3014-28); papers (64 items), 1800-1822, held by the Duke University Medical Library, North Carolina, USA; diary and papers, 1787-1821, held by the Royal College of Physicians of London (Reference: MS 372); correspondence, diary and papers (Reference: D18/659) and letters to TGB Estcourt, 1805-1809 (Reference: D1571) held by Gloucestershire Record Office; papers, 1790, held by McGill University: Osler Library, Montreal, Canada; observations on the cuckoo, 1787, held by the Royal Society; letters, held by the Jenner Museum (Reference: MGC); letters (18) to AJC Marcet held by the Royal Society of Medicine; letters (c100), 1787-1822, held by Johns Hopkins University Libraries; correspondence and papers (transcripts), 1788-1823, held by the University of Michigan: William L Clements Library.

Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1895); Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. November 2002 Baron , John , 1786-1851 , biographer of Edward Jenner Diaries Diseases Documents Gardner , E , fl 1801-1822 , of Frampton, Gloucestershire and friend of Edward Jenner Infectious diseases Information sources Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination Jenner , George Charles , 1767-1846 , nephew of Edward Jenner Jenner , Robert Fitzhardinge , 1797-1854 , son of Edward Jenner Literary forms and genres Literature Nonfiction Pathology Poetry Preventive medicine Primary documents Prose Smallpox Sydney , Smith , 1771-1845 , Canon of St Paul's and writer Systems of medicine Vaccination

Please see the Royal College of Surgeons catalogue for details

Papers of Edward Jenner, [1798-1819], comprising draft of his paper on cow pox, [1798]; letter to his son R F Jenner, 1819; papers including fragments of his journal and verses; letters from Jenner, [1796-1823], to various correspondents including Mr E Gardner of Frampton, including account of his inoculation of James Phipps, 1796, and to John Baron; letters to Jenner, 1801-1819, including from E Gardner, Sydney Smith; letters to John Baron, 1823-1829, including from G C Jenner.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.

• English

• Latin

English

The Royal College of Surgeons of England also holds correspondence between Jenner and Hunter, (Reference: Hunter-Jenner letters).

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Correspondence and papers, 1772-1823, are held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine (Reference: MSS 3014-28); papers (64 items), 1800-1822, held by the Duke University Medical Library, North Carolina, USA; diary and papers, 1787-1821, held by the Royal College of Physicians of London (Reference: MS 372); correspondence, diary and papers (Reference: D18/659) and letters to TGB Estcourt, 1805-1809 (Reference: D1571) held by Gloucestershire Record Office; papers, 1790, held by McGill University: Osler Library, Montreal, Canada; observations on the cuckoo, 1787, held by the Royal Society; letters, held by the Jenner Museum (Reference: MGC); letters (18) to AJC Marcet held by the Royal Society of Medicine; letters (c100), 1787-1822, held by Johns Hopkins University Libraries; correspondence and papers (transcripts), 1788-1823, held by the University of Michigan: William L Clements Library.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English