Fisk, Dorothy Dr.Jenner of Berkeley , London: Heinemann, 1959.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Red cloth, viii + 288 pages, 10 b/w illustrations of prints and caricatures of the period, list of sources, index; no previous owner markings, dustjacket wear to edges. The world owes a great deal to a quiet and obstinate country doctor of Gloucestershire, who, over 200 years ago, insisted upon the highly-suspected practice of vaccination. Absorbing biography of a brilliant man; the author has also provided a richly informed background of 18th century England. (Book ref. 6517 )  £ 8.50

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