The eradication of smallpox : Edward Jenner and the first and only eradication of a human infectious disease / Hervé Bazin ; translated by Andrew and Glenise Morgan.
| Author/creator | Bazin, H. |
| Other author | Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | San Diego, CA : Academic Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Section 1. For those who have forgotten or never knew what smallpox was like. On the long struggle of man, before Jenner, to fight smallpox (1721-1798) -- section 2. The life and work of Jenner. The young Jenner (1749-1772) ; Jenner, naturalist and country surgeon (1772-1795) ; The myth becomes reality (1795-1798) ; Jenner's hard-won victory in England, his own country (1798-1823) ; The particular case of Napoleonic France (1798-1815) ; Vaccination spreads across Europe and the United States and then throughout the rest of the world (1798-1810) ; Honours and resentment for Jenner (1801-1823) -- section 3. The perfect ending to the story : the eradication of smallpox. Post-Jennerian vaccination (1823-1979) ; Smallpox vaccination : its value and its limitations (1798-1979) ; The anti-vaccination movements (1798-1979) ; The eradication of smallpox : Jenner's posthumous triumph (1959-1979) ; Jenner, vaccination and ethics (1796 to the present day) ; What should be done about the smallpox virus? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-236) and index. |
| LCCN | 99065521 |
| ISBN | 0120834758 : |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 100 J54C 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |