Edward Jenner quotes

Born
17 May 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.

Died
26 January 1823.

Occupation
Physician, scientist.

Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist.

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.
– Edward Jenner

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.
– Edward Jenner

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.
– Edward Jenner

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world – when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.
– Edward Jenner