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EPISODE · Aug 29, 2013 · 25 MIN

Variolae Vaccina

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

If you visited Trafalgar Square in central London today you’d see Admiral Nelson gazing down from his column. What you won’t see is a statue to celebrate the work of Edward Jenner – although once there was one. Gareth Williams, a professor of medicine at the University of Bristol, is backing a campaign to have Jenner’s statue reinstated. Mabel Chew talks to him about the life and times of the father of vaccination.

If you visited Trafalgar Square in central London today you’d see Admiral Nelson gazing down from his column. What you won’t see is a statue to celebrate the work of Edward Jenner – although once there was one.Gareth Williams, a professor of medicine at the University of Bristol, is backing a campaign to have Jenner’s statue reinstated. Mabel Chew talks to him about the life and times of the father of vaccination.

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