Edward Jenner was born on May 17 1749, in the small village of Berkeley in Gloucestershire. Edward Jenner Carried out first experimental vaccination i

Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner was born on May 17 1749, in the small village of Berkeley in Gloucestershire. Edward Jenner Carried out first experimental vaccination in 1796 on eight-year old James Phipps. Jenner inserted pus taken from a cowpox pustule into an incision on the boy’s arm.Six weeks later Jenner injected him with the smallpox virus. James did not catch smallpox. In 1806 Jenner was granted 10,000 ponds for his work on vaccination. He was granted another 20,000 ponds for continuing his work.