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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Elmes
Britannica 11thELMES, HARVEY LONSDALE (1813-1847), British architect, son of James Elmes (?.».), was born at Chichester in 1813. After serving some time in his father's office, and under a surveyor at Bedford and an architect at Bath, he became partner with his father in 183 ...
Vol. 9, pp. 296-296
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Vaccination
Britannica 11th... oculated in the arm with cow-pox matter taken from a sore on the hand of Sarah Nelmes, a dairymaid, who had become infected with the disease by milking cows suffering from cowpox. It was apparently not until 1798 that he made his first attempt to carry on a st ...
Vol. 27, pp. 831-833
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