Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner was born may 17th 1749 Gloucestershire. His father was the vicar of Berkeley the Reverend James Stephen Jenner, his mother was Sarah Jenner. He had 8 brothers and sisters. When he was five years old both of his parents had died and he was left in the care of his eldest sister Mary. Mary was married to the incoming vicar the reverend GC Black
White attending school as a small child he was inoculated against small pox. The inoculation affected him for the duration of his life. When he was 14 years old he began working as the apprentice of Dr Daniel Ludlow. Under the tutelage of Dr Ludlow he learned how to become a surgeon. He moved to London in 1770 to begin working in St. George's hospital. While at St. George's hospital he studied under the famous surgeon John Hunter. Dr Hunter became aware of Jenner's observation and investigation skills. The two men became life long friends. When he was 23 years old Jenner returned to his childhood village of Berkley and became the town doctor and surgeon.
While working in Berkley Jenner treated patients over a large area, from as far away as Bristol and Gloucester. He treated people in the neighboring area, small hut was built in the town were poor patients could receive free vaccinations. A common medical treatment employed by surgeons of this time was bloodletting. The two most common methods for this were cutting the veins or by using leaches.