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Dr Jenner’s House
A Discovery that Changed the World.
Dr Edward Jenner discovered and performed the world’s first ever vaccination on this site in 1796. As the home of vaccination, Dr Jenner’s House and Garden celebrates a masterpiece of human creative genius in the eradication of one of the world’s most feared diseases, smallpox.
From his home in Berkeley, Dr Jenner’s House tells the story of the pioneering Gloucestershire scientist Edward Jenner (1749-1823) and his enduring legacy of vaccination.
“This towering public health achievement was only possible because of the world’s first vaccine Dr Jenner gave birth to one of the most powerful tools in the history of medicine”