{"id":2516,"date":"2025-07-29T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:07:07","slug":"edward-jenner-the-father-of-vaccines-and-a-revolution-in-medical-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/language\/en\/2025\/07\/29\/edward-jenner-the-father-of-vaccines-and-a-revolution-in-medical-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Jenner \u2013 The Father of Vaccines and a Revolution in Medical History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-section-id=\"1cy9biy\" data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"133\"><strong data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"133\">Edward Jenner \u2013 The Father of Vaccines and a Revolution in Medical History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"231\"><strong data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"231\">Edward Jenner administering the smallpox vaccine to James Phipps \u2013 Source: Wikimedia Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"509\">Today, vaccination is recognized as the most effective method of disease prevention, saving billions of lives from deadly pandemics. The pioneer of this monumental achievement is <strong data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"429\">Edward Jenner<\/strong> (1749\u20131823), an English physician, widely regarded as the <em data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"508\">father of vaccines<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2513\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2513 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/edward-jenner-1511-1584606523-300x214.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/edward-jenner-1511-1584606523-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/edward-jenner-1511-1584606523.webp 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Jener (1749\u20131823)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"836\">In the late 18th century, as smallpox ravaged Europe with high mortality and severe complications, Jenner observed that milkmaids who had previously contracted <strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"681\">cowpox<\/strong> rarely developed smallpox. This led him to the groundbreaking idea of using weakened cowpox virus to inoculate humans and build immunity against smallpox.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"1160\">In 1796, Jenner conducted his first experiment on <strong data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"915\">8-year-old James Phipps<\/strong>. After recovering from cowpox, the boy was later exposed to the smallpox virus but did not fall ill. Jenner published his revolutionary findings in 1798 in the scientific work <em data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1160\">\u201cAn Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2510\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jenner-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jenner-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jenner.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14\/5\/1796: Edward Jenner conducted the first smallpox vaccine experiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1477\">His method quickly spread worldwide. Governments in Britain, France, the United States, and other nations widely adopted vaccination. The success of the smallpox vaccine not only saved millions of lives but also ushered in a new era of preventive medicine, ultimately leading to the eradication of smallpox in 1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1479\" data-end=\"1707\">Edward Jenner was honored in many countries, with statues erected in his memory in England, France, and Italy. He passed away in 1823 and was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey \u2014 the resting place of the world\u2019s greatest figures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1868\"><strong data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1868\">Edward Jenner \u2013 the immortal doctor who laid the foundation for modern medicine and left behind a priceless legacy that continues to protect global health.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Jenner \u2013 The Father of Vaccines and a Revolution in Medical History Edward Jenner administering the smallpox vaccine to James Phipps \u2013 Source: Wikimedia Commons Today, vaccination is recognized&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,47],"tags":[386],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-healthcare","category-uncategorized-en","tag-edward-jener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}