Publisher's Synopsis
This series looks at the development of scientific thought and discovery through the lives and achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists.;Focusing on Edward Jenner, this book outlines his contributions to science through his work as a naturalist and medical researcher and, above all, to preventative medicine. It describes how, as a country surgeon, he found the time to carry out research into natural history and to make a study of smallpox, and how his use of cowpox inoculation led to relief for millions of people. It also influenced Louis Pasteur, whose work laid the foundations of modern immunization, and in 1980 the world was declared free of smallpox.
