[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about smallpox and Dr. Edward Jenner's first observations about preventing the disease. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This site offers a unique account of the life and work of English physician and immunologist, Edward Jenner (1749-1823 CE). There are also links available to other science related resources at this site.

Talks about what smallpox is, how it was treated before a vaccine came out, and talks about Edward Jenner and his association with smallpox. PDF file

Delves into the discovery of the smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner.

Illustrated overview of the history of vaccines and inoculations against diseases, such as smallpox and polio.

A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.