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Edward Jenner, Study notes of English Literature

Edward Jenner was a doctor in England. He often saw people who were very sick with another disease called smallpox. Some of his patients died from this.

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During the 1700s in England,
women helped on farms.
Milkmaids were women who
milked the cows.
Some cows got a disease
called cowpox.
Edward Jenner was a doctor
in England. He often saw
people who were very
sick with another disease
called smallpox. Some of
his patients died from this
disease. This made him sad.
Dr. Jenner realized that cowpox might protect
people from smallpox. Cowpox did not make
people very sick, but smallpox did. He would
see if what people were saying was right. He
decided to do an experiment.
Sarah Nelmes was a
young milkmaid. She
milked a cow named
Blossom. When Blossom
had cowpox, Sarah got
sores on her hands.
Dr. Jenner asked to
take a sample of pus
from her sores.
Dr. Jenner heard
people talking about
the milkmaids. They
said that milkmaids
who got cowpox did
not get smallpox.
Milkmaids would get
sores on their hands
from milking the
sick cows. The good
news was that the
milkmaids did not
get very sick when
they got cowpox.
Edward Jenner
Getting help from a cow, a milkmaid and a boy
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Material adapted from the Vax Pack Hero project produced by the Vaccine Education Center at
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For more resources, including an online game, visit VaxPackHero.org.
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During the 1700s in England, women helped on farms. Milkmaids were women who milked the cows. Some cows got a disease called cowpox.

Edward Jenner was a doctor in England. He often saw people who were very sick with another disease called smallpox. Some of his patients died from this disease. This made him sad.

Dr. Jenner realized that cowpox might protect people from smallpox. Cowpox did not make people very sick, but smallpox did. He would see if what people were saying was right. He decided to do an experiment.

Sarah Nelmes was a young milkmaid. She milked a cow named Blossom. When Blossom had cowpox, Sarah got sores on her hands. Dr. Jenner asked to take a sample of pus from her sores.

Dr. Jenner heard people talking about the milkmaids. They said that milkmaids who got cowpox did not get smallpox.

Milkmaids would get sores on their hands from milking the sick cows. The good news was that the milkmaids did not get very sick when they got cowpox.

Edward Jenner

Getting help from a cow, a milkmaid and a boy

Material adapted from the Vax Pack Hero project produced by the Vaccine Education Center at PAGE 1 OF 2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For more resources, including an online game, visit VaxPackHero.org.

VaccineMakers.org

Dr. Jenner then tested his idea on a young boy. James Phipps was only 8 years old. Dr. Jenner put some of the pus from Sarah’s sores just under James’ skin.

Later, Dr. Jenner tested James with smallpox. James did not get sick. Dr. Jenner was very happy. But he had to try his experiment in more people to be sure it worked.

And it did. When people got cowpox, they did not get sick later from smallpox. Dr. Jenner called his new process vaccination.

About 200 years later, smallpox no longer exists in the world. Today, no one gets smallpox or even needs a smallpox vaccine.

Blossom, Sarah Nelmes, James Phipps and Dr. Jenner are heroes. Their work helped all of us.

People started to come to Dr. Jenner. They wanted their children protected too. Then other doctors learned how to do vaccination.

Edward Jenner

Getting help from a cow, a milkmaid and a boy

VaccineMakers.org

Material adapted from the Vax Pack Hero project produced by the Vaccine Education Center at PAGE 2 OF 2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For more resources, including an online game, visit VaxPackHero.org.