Jenner: evidence for protection against smallpox

What changed

Collected cases and inoculation observations suggesting that cowpox exposure could protect against smallpox, helping establish vaccination as a reproducible research approach.

Scientific scope

The evidence and vaccination account in Jenner's 1798 Inquiry.

Evidence

Original sources and institutional historical accounts support the stated contribution. The reading boundary is recorded at each source; this assessment is not an independent scientific verification.

Contributors

• Edward Jenner · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.

• Edward Jenner: An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (1798), digitized primary text

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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