text Vaccine : the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver
- Summary
- "In this account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversy--from Edward Jenner's discovery of smallpox vaccine in 1796 ... Read more
- Contents
- Experimenting on the neighbors with Cotton Mather -- The peculiar history of vaccinia -- Vaccine wars: smallpox at the turn of the Twentieth Century -- War is good for babies -- The great American fight against polio -- Battling measles, remodelin... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- 523 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton 2007
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 614.47 ALL in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 614.47 ALL in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
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