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The Cow-Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!
As the first professional caricaturist in England, James Gillray is usually remembered for his political and royal satires, but this engraving, poking fun at the work of Edward Jenner, shows the dire consequences of injecting cowpox matter into humans.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, “The Cow-Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! ,” OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits, accessed October 19, 2020, http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6632.
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