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The first complete history of a major human disease from its origins some 3000 years ago to its deliberate extinction in the very recent past. Smallpox inspired a progression of key advances in medical knowledge--from the seminal discovery of vaccination to the concepts of conta…
Smallpox killed, scarred, or blinded hundreds of millions of people for thousands of years. Henderson (medicine and public health, U. of Pittsburgh) was named in 1967 to lead a worldwide effort to eradicate the disease. The book is his personal accountof how he led the World Hea…
"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 smallpox, once thought to be incurable. In 1967, Dr. D.A. Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this…
"This spellbinding book is Dr. Henderson's personal story of how he led the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox-the only disease in history to have been deliberately eliminated. Some have called this feat "the greatest scientific and humanitarian achieveme…
"This spellbinding book is Dr. Henderson's personal story of how he led the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox-the only disease in history to have been deliberately eliminated. Some have called this feat "the greatest scientific and humanitarian achieveme…
'Bodily Matters' examines the anti-vaccination movement in Victorian Britain, locating it at the centre of public debate about medical developments, the politics of class, the extent of government intervention in the lives of its citizens & the values ofa liberal society.
'Bodily Matters' examines the anti-vaccination movement in Victorian Britain, locating it at the centre of public debate about medical developments, the politics of class, the extent of government intervention in the lives of its citizens & the values ofa liberal society.