text The speckled monster : a historical tale of battling smallpox
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A study of early efforts to conquer smallpox profiles two eighteenth-century health pioneers who flouted the medical conventions of their era to draw on African folk knowledge and Eastern traditions to protect their children.
- Contents
- London -- Two Marys -- Three rebellions -- A destroying angel -- Bidding the world adieu -- A dear little son -- Rosebuds in lily skin -- Boston -- Zabdiel & Jerusha -- Curiosities of the smallpox -- The beauty of the sea -- Caging the demon -- De... Read more
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- Description
- xvii, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher
- Dutton 2003
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 614.521 CAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 614.521 CAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 614.521 CAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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