EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 4 MIN
May 14, 1796: The Country Doctor Who Saved 200 Million Lives
from History Alive · host Republic Publishing
On May 14, 1796, a parish physician named Edward Jenner scratched cowpox into the arm of an eight-year-old boy and launched the most successful disease-eradication campaign in human history. We trace the story of the milkmaids, the gardener's son, and the principle hidden in Numbers 21 long before any vaccine existed. | A Gospel Briefing production.
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On May 14, 1796, a parish physician named Edward Jenner scratched cowpox into the arm of an eight-year-old boy and launched the most successful disease-eradication campaign in human history. We trace the story of the milkmaids, the gardener's son, and the principle hidden in Numbers 21 long before any vaccine existed. | A Gospel Briefing production.
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