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Benjamin Jesty: The Grandfather of Vaccination
now published by
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
available world-wide
please order direct from them
ISBN (13) 978-1-5275-4382-9
ISBN (10) 1-5275-4382-X
280 pages, 15 chapters, 650 references, 7 appendices.
Illustrations: 108 --- 81 in colour --- 27 in black and white
A new affordable Kindle/ Ebook version is coming very soon
“meticulously researched text, against which any future biography will require to be compared”
Journal of Medical Biography
"an extremely thorough account of Jesty’s role in the discovery of vaccination.
Being easy to read as well as informative, the book is suitable for both the amateur and professional historian of medicine.”
British Society for the History of Medicine
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THE BENJAMIN JESTY BICENTENARY
The bicentenary of Benjamin Jesty's death occured on the 16th April 2016.
THE BICENTENARY MEETING
A special meeting was held in Yetminster, Dorset, England
on Saturday 16th April 2016. This was hosted by The Hundred of Yetminster Local History Society.
Patrick gave a presentation :
"Benjamin Jesty: A Bicentenary Review"
The meeting took place at The Jubilee Hall in Church Street at 2.30 pm.
All tickets were sold out. People attended from many parts of England.
There were two groups from the USA, including a family of three who had journeyed from Houston, Texas, just to attend the event. The afternoon was completed by an excellent buffet tea. Everyone enjoyed this historic occasion, which was featured on local BBC television and radio.
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