edward jenner was observing that milk maids in england seem to have a natural immunity to smallpox. so why was that? there are other people that were reaching the same conclusion, jenner get the credit because he was the one who documented it in case studies. this book unfolds case-by-case which is kind of early for that type of documentation. that is the way we understand medical science today but this is 1798, thomas jefferson is of this time. so he felt compelled to write to jenner and thank him for this gift to humanity. so we have here a letter by thomas jefferson, it is dated monticello, virginia may 14, 1806. it reads, i have received a copy of the evidence that large respecting the discovery of a vaccine inoculation which you have been pleased to send me and for which i return you my thanks. unfortunately, he he sent it to the wrong jenner. the two -- were pretty sure it did get to the proper jenner, he sent it to jc jenner and edward jenner is responsible for the vaccination. it it is a beautiful letter. the last item we have is a very important little book called the federa

edward jenner. edward jenner was observing that milkmaids in england seemed to have a natural immunity to smallpox. so why was that? there were some other people who were reaching the same conclusion, but jenner gets the credit because he's the one who documented it in case studies. and this book unfolds case by case which is kind of early for that type of documentation to be -- that's the way we understand medical science today, but this is 1798. and thomas jefferson is of this time period, so he felt compelled to write to jenner and thank him for this gift to humanity. so we have here a letter written by thomas jefferson. it's dated monticello, virginia, may 14, 1806. and it reads: i have received a copy of the evidence at large respecting the discovery of the vaccine inoculation which you have been pleased to send me and for which i return you my thanks. unfortunately, he sent it to the wrong jenner. [laughter] the two were related, and we're pretty sure that eventually it did get to the proper j

edward jenner was observing milkmaids in england. he has a natural immunity to smallpox.o why was that blacks there were some other people that were reaching the same conclusion but he gets the credit because he's the one that documented in this case unfold case by case which is kind of early for that type of documentation to be. that's the way that we understand medical science today. so this is 1798. thomas jefferson as of this time period said he felt compelled to write to jenner and thank him for this gift of humanity. he has a letter written by thomas jefferson stated monticello virginia, may 141806 and it reads i've received a copy of the evidence at large respecting the discovery of the vaccine inoculation which you have been pleased to send the end which i will return my thing. unfortunately he sent it to the wrong person. he sent it to the person responsible for the vaccination but it is just a beautiful letter. the last item that we have is a very important little book called the federalist papers. as you may know they were essays written two new york newspapers

but then in 1798 edward jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox, and that was followed then by more vaccines for more diseases, and then the origination of antiseptics, pasteurization of milk, a whole lot of medical advances occurred in the 19th century. and suddenly fewer infants were dying, many fewer infants were dying, many mothers were surviving childbirth, and people were living longer. .. nod conversation. >> hello, welcome. hello -- now it's working. welcome. it's great to see so maybe home here on a beautiful sunday afternoon. i have a couple of things to announce first and then i will introduce our authors, and some questions. we'll leave 15 minutes at the end for q & a. and there's also an opportunity to speak with the authors and get books signed after this event a couple of tents down. thank you so much for joining us at the 0th null texas book festival. please make sure your cell phonees turn off. it's great privilege for our festival to use the capitol and its grounds, so please be respectful of this space. immediately after the session we'll be down a couple of tenteds in the