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Benjamin Franklin and Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 12, 2016 / Benjamin Franklin, Francis Folger Franklin, History of Vaccines, inoculation, Roald Dahl, smallpox

Benjamin Franklin regretted that he had not protected his son against smallpox.

Did Edward Jenner’s Son Die from a Vaccine Reaction?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 19, 2019 / cowpox, Edward Jenner, Edward Robert Jenner, ethics, History of Vaccines, inoculation, James Phipps, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Robert F Jenner, smallpox vaccine, vaccine injury, vaccine myths, variolation

How could Edward Robert Jenner have had a vaccine injury?

The Hospital Rock Engravings of Farmington, Connecticut

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 18, 2018 / antigen counts, eradication, History of Vaccines, inoculation, pre-vaccine era, quarantines, smallpox, smallpox epidemic, smallpox vaccine, variolation

Hundreds of people got safely inoculated against smallpox and left their names on Hospital Rock near Farmington, Connecticut just before Edward Jenner discovered the first smallpox vaccine.

Who Was John Birch?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 7, 2017 / Edward Jenner, History of Vaccines, inoculation, John Birch, John Birch Society, small pox vaccine, smallpox, variolation

John Birch was one of the first anti-vaccinationists and fought against Edward Jenner’s new small pox vaccine.

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Benjamin Franklin and Vaccines

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