House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox Volume 21
(Part of the California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public Series)
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A story of courage and risk-taking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part autobiography, part mystery, the story is told by a man who was one of the architects of a radical vaccination scheme that became a key strategy in ending the horrible disease when it was finally contained...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520268369
ISBN13:9780520268364
Release Date:June 2011
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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