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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Jenner, Edward 1749-1823. British physician and vaccination pioneer. He found that smallpox could be prevented by inoculation with the substance from cowpox lesions.
Wiktionary
- n. A surname.
WordNet 3.0
- n. English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
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“Gathering all the books and stacking them by the door, I sat on the pile and called Jenner.”
“And neither Maya nor the other two missed how she'd almost called Jenner by his Christian name, nor how her fingers had reached for his, and his for hers, for just a moment.”
“When he returned to Chicago two years later, he joined a law firm now known as Jenner ”
“The Sonoma Land Trust bought the sprawling site known as the Jenner Headlands for $36 million, making it the largest land acquisition for conservation in Sonoma County history.”
“Now I must speak on a special subject in which serum therapy takes its place with those methods of combating infectious diseases such as Jenner's smallpox vaccination, Pasteur's anthrax prevention, Pasteur's hydrophobia treatment, and Koch's tuberculin therapy.”
“Mr Collier was the selling agent for the unrenovated "Jenner" at 2 Macleay St, Potts Point, which sold for $15 million to car dealer Terry Mullens and his wife Wendy last November.”
“Applications from anyone over-16 but not professional actors are sought now, via Rebecca Jenner on 0161 234 1913 or r.jenner@manchester.gov.uk”
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