The memorials of Edward Jenner, 1796-1896 / by Horatio R. Storer.

  • Horatio Storer
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1896
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Credit: The memorials of Edward Jenner, 1796-1896 / by Horatio R. Storer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Baron, Life of Edward Jenner, London, 1838, II, p. 456; Storer, Sanitarian, March, 1889, No. 926; ibid., American Journal of Numismatics, July, 1894, p. 14, No. 747. [Pfeiflfer. 1896, p. 3, No. 385.] Presented to Jenner by the surgeons of the British Navy, Its locality is now unknown. It is not, as Pfeiflfer has sup- posed, a portrait medal of Jenner. 1. Obverse. Bust, clothed, to left. Upon truncation : [T.R.] Poole 1809 No inscription. Reverse. Blank. Of pink wax upon colorless transparent glass; 82 mm. (length of bust). - . Storer, loc. cit., April, 1895, p. 128, No. 880. [Not given bv Pfeiflfer, 1896.] In the Library of Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. I know of it through Dr. F. P. Weber of that city. A gold medal was presented to Jenner by the Medical Soci- ety of London, at its anniversary dinner, March 4, 1804. It bore either upon its rim or the casket that contained it: E. Jennek M.—D. Socio sue eximio ob vaccinationem EXPLORATAM Biographic Me'dicale, V, p. 574; Rudolphi, p. 81, No. 339- Kluyskens, II, p. 68, No. 2; ibid.. Num. Jenn,, No. 2: Duis- burg p. 230, DCIX, 2; P. and R., p., 1.39, No. 386; Storer, Sanitarian, March, 1889, No. 927; ibid., Amer. Jour of Num., July, 1894, p. 14, No. 748; Baron, loc. cit. Though mentioned by all these writers, its true character has remamed undecided until it was lately ascertained by Dr F\ ^^^^^ °^ London that it was the John Fothergill medal of the society (Storer, Am. Joiir. of Num., Oct. 1893 p. 35, and July 1895, p. 6, No. 645). Its present locality is unknown _ If the inscription were upon its casket it is possi- ble tnat It IS the specimen now in the British Museum, as but one or two of these medals were struck in gold. [Pfeiflfer 1896 p. S No. 386, describes its bust as that of Jenner. It was not so, however, but of Dr. John Fothergill.] There exists a medallion engraving, with bust in profile to right, by J B. Drayton, from life, and Anker Smith. Though drawn for the purpose of a gold medal it was never struck A centennial medal has just been issued at Bristol 3. Obverse. Bust, to right. Beneath: Fen wick, Sc F iiirnim. Inscription: Edward Jenner, M.D. LL D F R s' k^T^^t^Jy}^^?- Died 26 Jan. 1823. Berkeley, oiostersh! Reverse. Withm laurel wreath : May 14th, 1896. In com memoration of the centenary of Dr. Edward Jenner's First & Successful Experiment in Vaccination May 14th 1796 Oliver. 38 mm. Brettauer, Mittheilungen des Clubs der Milnz-und Medail- len Freunde in Wien, May, 1896, p. 55. ^y-ieaati-