Lot 20

Jenner (Edward, surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Long, [1801], Dr Jenner presents his Compliments to Mr Long & is sorry it is not in his power to send him today any vaccine Virus he can depend upon".

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

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Jenner (Edward, surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, 1749-1823) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Long, 1p., 8vo, [London], Bond Street, 26th June [1801], Dr Jenner presents his Compliments to Mr Long & is sorry it is not in his power to send him today any vaccine Virus he can depend upon; but Mr Long may be assured of its being sent as soon as possible. Dr J is happy to find his little Patient has gone thro the Cowpox so pleasantly", endorsed on verso by ?Mr Long and dated 1801, folds, browned; and another, an engraved portrait of Jenner, v.s., v.d. (2).

⁂ Probably William Long (1747-1818), surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Description

Jenner (Edward, surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, 1749-1823) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Long, 1p., 8vo, [London], Bond Street, 26th June [1801], Dr Jenner presents his Compliments to Mr Long & is sorry it is not in his power to send him today any vaccine Virus he can depend upon; but Mr Long may be assured of its being sent as soon as possible. Dr J is happy to find his little Patient has gone thro the Cowpox so pleasantly", endorsed on verso by ?Mr Long and dated 1801, folds, browned; and another, an engraved portrait of Jenner, v.s., v.d. (2).

⁂ Probably William Long (1747-1818), surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

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