Scourge : the once and future threat of smallpox / Jonathan B. Tucker.

  • Tucker, Jonathan B.
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[2001], ©2001
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2001], ©2001.

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291 pages ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Monster on death row -- Smallpox and civilization -- Dr. Jenner's vaccine -- Launching the crusade -- Global eradication -- Long road to zero -- Realm of the final inch -- The Soviet betrayal -- Stay of execution -- Washington reconsiders -- Decision in Geneva -- The unfinished conquest.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0871138301