Medical Practice during a Paradigm Shift

Edward Jenner, author of the second edition of An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variola Vaccine a Disease Discovered in some of the Western Countries of England Particularly Gloucestshire, and known by the Name of the Cow Pox, published in 1800, informs readers on the relationship between cowpox and smallpox in humans. The binding is black and slightly torn at the four edges of the 27x22 cm slightly heavy book. The book’s cover art has a mix of primarily reddish-brown as well as red, tan, orange and blue arranged in dotted lines. The font gets progressively smaller until the…