Jenner: Smallpox is Stemmed, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- UMHS.23
- Title
- Jenner: Smallpox is Stemmed, from "The History of Medicine"
- Artist
- Robert Thom
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1979
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1952
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Dimensions
- 102.87 cm x 83.82 cm (40 1/2 in. x 33 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- The first vaccination against smallpox was performed by Edward Jenner, English rural physician, in his apartment in the Chantry House, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Exudate from a cowpox pusule on the hand of dairymaid, Sarah Nelmes, was inserted in scratches on the arm of eight-year-old James Phipps, May 14, 1796. The vaccination was effective, for two later attempts to induce infection with smallpox pus were unsuccessful. After proving his discovery, Jenner published his vaccination findings in 1798. Despite opposition, vaccination became accepted practice during Jenner's lifetime.
- Secondary Keywords
- disciplines
- health sciences
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- science and related disciplines
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- UMHS.23
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.23/umhs.23.jpg
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"Jenner: Smallpox is Stemmed, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.23/umhs.23.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.
