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 Format: Textbook Hardcover, 1st ed., 2
Publisher: Academic Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 0120834758
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000
| |  | | | In Brief
Simply, and with great humanity, The Eradication of Smallpox tells the story of smallpox - it's origins, the horror of the disease, and the millions of people killed or disfigured by it. During the 18th and 19th centuries, it is estimated that one out of every ten people died from the disease; some say one out of every seven. Smallpox attacked very young children in particular. The story progresses with the practice of variolation, the life of Edward Jenner who first proposed 'vaccination' with cow pox vaccine, the years of debate about the efficacy of this novel method, and the later worldwide initiatives to rid the planet of this horrific disease. In 1979, the story culminates in the only total eradication of an infectious disease that mankind has ever accomplished. This book celebrates the 20th anniversary of this momentous achievement. In the intervening years, debate has raged about what we should do with the remaining smallpox viral stocks. Do we destroy them, so they can't fall into the hands of bioterrorists, or do we maintain them, in case they may be of use in some unexpected way, for therapeutic purposes? These questions are thoroughly discussed in the book.
| | | | Annotation
The book contains black-and-white illustrations. This important work describes the life and work of Jenner in the context of the eradication of Smallpox. The Smallpox virus has been the cause of vast human suffering. Smallpox was endemic in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, and had been responsible for the deaths of at least one tenth of the population for a long period of time. Edward Jenner's revolutionary vaccine not only spared the lives of many millions of people, but laid the foundation for modern vaccinology, which is probably the most important medical advance of this century.
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Biography, History, England, Physicians, Prevention, Smallpox, Smallpox vaccine, Jenner, Edward,, Epidemiology, Jenner, Edward,, 1749-1823, Physicians, England, Biography, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines, Medical / Nursing, Medical, History, Public Health, Immunology
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