The diary of Edward Jenner
TitleThe diary of Edward Jenner
ReferenceMS372
Date
1787 - 1806
Creator Edward (1749-1823) Jenner
Production date 1787 - 1806
Scope and ContentContaining his observations on the natural history of the cuckoo, and notes on his dissections of other birds and of various domestic animals.
The first entry is dated April 26, 1787, and the last April 29, 1806.
Nearly all the entries made before 1793 relate to his observations on cuckoos in the nests of hedge-sparrows and other birds.
The later entries include notes on "Hydatids in a hare," "Tubercles and hydatids in the lungs of a sheep," "Miscellaneous observations on tubercles," on distemper in dogs, experiments on animals, etc.
There is also a copy of a letter to the Rev. H. Jenner (1736-1798, his brother Henry) on consumption.
At the front of the volume is the bookplate of the Rev. George Charles Jenner (fl1817), the nephew of Dr. Jenner, and also the inscription: "George Charles Jenner, Woodford, near Berkley, Gloucestershire." (N.B. Note in 1928 catalogue opp. p. 72 "Another Jenner Note Book is in the possession of Dr. Le Roy Crummer, of Los Angeles, who has published a transcription of it in the Annals of Medical History, 1929, N.S.I. 403-428.
The Jenner Notebook in the possession of the College was edited, with an Introduction, by Dr. F. Dawtrey Drewitt, on Jenner as a Naturalist, and 1000 copies of the book were printed and published by the Oxford University Press in June 1931.
The portrait of Dr. Jenner by Sir T. Lawrence, which hangs in the Censor's room, was reproduced as a frontispiece"
Jenner (Edward) 1747-1823
The first entry is dated April 26, 1787, and the last April 29, 1806.
Nearly all the entries made before 1793 relate to his observations on cuckoos in the nests of hedge-sparrows and other birds.
The later entries include notes on "Hydatids in a hare," "Tubercles and hydatids in the lungs of a sheep," "Miscellaneous observations on tubercles," on distemper in dogs, experiments on animals, etc.
There is also a copy of a letter to the Rev. H. Jenner (1736-1798, his brother Henry) on consumption.
At the front of the volume is the bookplate of the Rev. George Charles Jenner (fl1817), the nephew of Dr. Jenner, and also the inscription: "George Charles Jenner, Woodford, near Berkley, Gloucestershire." (N.B. Note in 1928 catalogue opp. p. 72 "Another Jenner Note Book is in the possession of Dr. Le Roy Crummer, of Los Angeles, who has published a transcription of it in the Annals of Medical History, 1929, N.S.I. 403-428.
The Jenner Notebook in the possession of the College was edited, with an Introduction, by Dr. F. Dawtrey Drewitt, on Jenner as a Naturalist, and 1000 copies of the book were printed and published by the Oxford University Press in June 1931.
The portrait of Dr. Jenner by Sir T. Lawrence, which hangs in the Censor's room, was reproduced as a frontispiece"
Jenner (Edward) 1747-1823
Extent80 ff.
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyPresented by Dr. Jeffery Allen Marston, 2nd Feb. 1888. (See College Annals Vol.XXXV, p. 164)
SubjectPersonal stories
Levelfile