It is not, that I am an enemy to the practice of inoculation; on the contrary, I am a warm friend to it, and have been so for many years. But I am convinced, that the present mode of conducting it is attended with many disadvantages, and that it may be rendered much more safe and efficacious.
— Edward Jenner Early Modern

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Letter to the Royal Society (though not published by them)

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1788

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2495861/

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