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The War Against Smallpox
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Michael Bennett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, when millions of children were saved from smallpox.
The War Against Smallpox
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Louise Spilsbury
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022 - Publisher: Crabtree Classics

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"Like many viruses, smallpox is highly contagious. It's also dreadful, deadly, and thanks to microscopes and modern technology-now officially eradicated. This f
War Against Smallpox
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Michael Bennett
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Michael Bennett provides the first history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, offering a new assessment of the cowpox discovery and
House on Fire
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: William H. Foege
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-06 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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“Bill Foege takes us inside the world's greatest public health triumph: the eradication of smallpox. It's a story of true determination, passion and courage.
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: D. A. Henderson, M.D.
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-25 - Publisher: Prometheus Books

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For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpo