1796-1896 : the memorials of Edward Jenner : address delivered at the centennial celebration held at Atlanta, Ga., May, 1896 / by Horatio R. Storer, M.D., hon. pres. Newport Medical Society, Newport, R.I.

  • Horatio Storer
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1896
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Credit: 1796-1896 : the memorials of Edward Jenner : address delivered at the centennial celebration held at Atlanta, Ga., May, 1896 / by Horatio R. Storer, M.D., hon. pres. Newport Medical Society, Newport, R.I. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the Brettauer and U. S. Government collections, those of Prof. S. Oettinger of New York, Dr. W. S. Disbrow of Newark, N. J., and my own. 13. Obverse. As preceding, save that engraver’s name is in exergue. Reverse. Hygieia, with serpent upon her right arm, pro¬ tects, by a shield bearing a cow, an infant against a flying- demon. Legend : Triumph ! Getilget ist des Scheusals LANGE WuTH Silver, bronze, Berlin iron. 28 mm. With and without loop. Rudolphi, p. 82, No. 342; Kluyskens, II, p. 69, No. 5; ibid., Num. Jenn., No. 13; Duisburg, p. 231, DCIX, 7; P. and R., p. 140, No. 388; Wroth, Num. Chronicle, 3d series, VI, 1886, p. 302; Storer, Sanitarian, March, 1889, No. 931; ibid,., Am. Jour, of Num., July 1894, p. 15, No. 753; Weber, loc. cit. [Pfeiffer, 1896, p. 3, No. 388.] In the Brettauer and U. S. Government collections and my own. 14. Obverse. A child, between a rose tree and the rising sun, exhibits its arm ; at its feet a serpent. Legend : Dank der Gutigen Vorsehung. Exergue: Kruger. Reverse. Within a pearled octagon: Wohl J thatige | ENTDECKUNG | DER | SCHUTZPOCKEN | DURCH | Ed : JENNER. Silver. 30 mm. Kluyskens, Num. Jenn., No. 8; Duisburg, p. 231, DCIX, 8; P. and R., p. 142. No. 397 ; Storer, Sanitarian, March, 1889, No. 932; ibid., Am. Jour, of Num. July, 1894, p. 15, No. 754. [Pfeiffer, 1896, p. 4, No. 397.] In the Brettauer collection. 15. A centennial medal is said to have been issued at Berlin, of which the details have not yet reached me. RUSSIA. 16. There has also been a centennial medal struck at St. Petersburg, but its description has not been received. ITALY. Jenner’s name appears upon the two medals of Dr. Sacco of Milan. THE UNITED STATES. A week after the meeting at Atlanta, the following medal was issued by the Medical Society of the County of Kings (Brooklyn, N. Y.), to commemorate its own very successful Jenner celebration. It is to be regretted that, through inad¬ vertence, the locality of the society was omitted from the medal. 17. Obverse. Bust, with queue, to left. Inscription : vac¬ cination, may 14th | 1796—1896 | .Jenner. Reverse. V ithin a circle, the staff of ./Esculapius, upright. Inscription : Medical Society of the County of Kings I (Pointed rosette.) (This is a copy of the society’s seal.) Silver (but four struck), bronze. 38 mm. *■