lt;p>The scene represents the discovery of vaccination through the details known in France at the time (ca. 1800). The physician in the blue coat and the dandy on the left, both representing English fashions, are recurrent motifs in Depeuille's vaccination prints. The physician may be intended to represent Edward Jenner, who perhaps had not been accurately painted for reference at this point; Sarah Nelmes is known to be the milkmaid who provided the original cowpox. The fat man with the lancet, wearing more old-fashioned dress, may be a farmer or a surgeon. In the left background, a ship sinks in the sea</p>
Saint Jenner the Quack. Dr Charles Creighton, 'Jenner and Vaccination: A Strange Chapter of Medical History' (1889)
A dandy hi-res stock photography and images - Page 3 - Alamy
The Milkmaid Who Supposedly Inspired The Smallpox Vaccine Was A Myth : Goats and Soda : NPR
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man dressed absurd protective clothing
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