Immunisation, History of Cupping set used by Edward Jenner, late 18th century

Immunisation, History of Cupping set used by Edward Jenner, late 18th century. An incomplete cupping set comprising one scarificator, three cupping glasses, a bottle, a canister, and a kettle in a mahogany case, used by Edward Jenner. This is ordinary equipment all surgeons would have owned. The English doctor Edward Jenner (1749-1823) introduced vaccination in 1796. His scientific investigations, published in 1798, showed that fluid taken from a human with cowpox could be used more safely for vaccinations than could variolation - inoculating non-infected people with fluid from pustules of smallpox sufferers. ©SSPL/Science Museum