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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy

The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.

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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo

Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.

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On being a father with OCD

As a parent to young children, Ben Falk worries whether he could somehow pass his OCD on to them. Here’s what the experts say.

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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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  • Inoculation room.
  • Inoculation certificate from Smallpox
  • Instruction for vaccine inoculation.
  • The inoculator, or, Suttonian System of inoculation.
  • Chinese C19 woodcut: 'Cowpox inoculation'
  • Instructions for vaccine inoculation / [Edward Jenner].
  • 'Serum straight from the horse'., inoculation caricature
  • Drawing of inoculation knife from 1817 Chinese casebook
  • Protective inoculation against cholera / by W.M. Haffkine.
  • The origin of the vaccine inoculation / [Edward Jenner].
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