May 14
May 14
On May 14, 1796, he vaccinated an 8-year-old kid, James Phipps, with material from Nelms' lesions. As a result, the youngster got a minor temperature and axillary pain. He felt chilly and had lost his appetite nine days after the treatment, but he felt considerably better the next day. Jenner injected the youngster again in July 1796, this time with material from a new smallpox lesion. Jenner concluded that the protection was complete when no sickness emerged. Jenner described his experiment and observations in a brief submission to the Royal Society in 1797. The paper, however, was rejected.
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