William Woodville: Physician, Botanist, and Early Vaccine Advocate

William Woodville (1752-1805), an English physician and botanist.

The Kings Cross Physician March 26, 1805 Today is the anniversary of the death of the English physician and botanist William Woodville. William was an early adopter of the botanist and physician Edward Jenner’s work on vaccines. So he became an outspoken advocate of vaccination – even trying to create his own smallpox vaccine. In…

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