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Jesty in Dorchester: Return of the native
Detail of painting of Benjamin Jesty by Michael William Sharp, 1805. Wellcome Library no. 654136i In 2006 the Wellcome Library repatriated from South Africa the portrait of Benjamin Jesty, a farmer who practised vaccination in Dorset in 1774, twenty-two… Continue reading
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Evolutionary Thinker Slams Vaccination!
The Wellcome Library’s Archives and Manuscripts department recently purchased a manuscript letter accompanied by a printed pamphlet by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). This letter has been added to our small group of writings by the great naturalist, explorer, geographer, biologist… Continue reading