JENNER, Edward (1749-1823)
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ID 1514514
Лот 191 | JENNER, Edward (1749-1823)
Оценочная стоимость
10000GBP £ 10 000 – 15 000
Three first editions on Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow Pox. London: 1798-1800.
Comprising:
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox. London: Sampson Low, for the author, 1798.
First edition, announcing ‘one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medicine’ (Garrison-Morton), and ‘the basis of the modern science of immunology’ (PMM). Attempts to use mild strains of the disease to inoculate against smallpox had begun in India, China, and Turkey, and this still-dangerous and unreliable 'variolation' method was brought to England in 1718. Jenner, a practitioner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, became curious about the country wisdom that milkmaids who contracted cowpox, a common and non-fatal infection transferred from cattle, were safe from smallpox. In 1796, Jenner's experiments confirmed this belief, and in 1798 he published this account of 23 successful vaccinations. 'Jenner started one of the greatest practical advances in preventitive medicine and today there are innoculations ... against scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diptheria, whooping-cough and tetanus, as well as ... bubonic plague, cholera and yellow fever' (PMM). Dibner, Heralds of Science 127; Garrison-Morton 5423; Grolier Medicine 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 1086; Grolier/Horblit 56; William Lefanu, A bibliography of Edward Jenner, 8 (2nd ed., n.p., 1985); Norman 1162; PMM 250; Wellcome III, p. 351; ESTC T54053.
4 engraved plates by William Skelton, colour-printed in sanguine and enhanced with some hand-coloring (plate numbers and imprints shaved or cropped). Errata leaf.
— Further observations on the Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow Pox. London: Sampson Low, for the author, 1799.
First edition. Jenner's first reply to critics, explaining common mistakes – such as the failure to recognise the symptoms of true cowpox, leading to ineffectual inoculations – and considering differences between inoculations in London and in the countryside. Lefanu, Jenner, 52; Wellcome III, p. 351; Norman 1168; ESTC T53874.
— A Continuation of Facts and Observations relative to the Variolae Vaccinae or Cow Pox. London: Sampson Low for the author, 1800.
First edition. Containing further reports of successful inoculations, and with the justifiably ebullient conclusion 'May I not with perfect confidence congratulate my country and society at large in their beholding, in the mild form of the Cow Pox, an antidote that is capable of extirpating from the earth a disease that is every hour devouring its victims; a disease that has ever been considered as the severest scourge of the human race!’.’ Lefanu, Jenner, 58; Wellcome III, p. 351; Norman 1169; ESTC N5839.
Three works bound in one volume, quarto (245 x 196mm). Manuscript Contents leaf bound at front (lacking half-titles, text lightly browned, spotting to text and plates, repair to inner corner of final leaf of the last work). Late 20th-century bright red faux calf-backed dark red cloth boards. Provenance: Royal Society of Medicine (ink stamp to upper pastedown [‘Royal Society of Medicine 24 Jan 1974’], titles [‘Medical & Chirurgical Society’], a few preliminary leaves, and verso of plates [Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society’]).
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