The Life and Death of Smallpox

by Ian Glynn and Jenifer Glynn

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The most terrible of all the ministers of death. Thomas Macauley Mozart, Voltaire, Elizabeth I and Abraham Lincoln all had it--and survived. Millions did not. The scourge of smallpox affected rich and poor alike, killing many and disfiguring the rest. 'Cures' included bleeding, purging, oil of scorpions and even crabs' eyes. Edward Jenner's breakthrough in 1796 started the slow, often controversial, process of controlling the virus. By 1979 smallpox...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521845424

ISBN13:9780521845427

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Biology Biology & Life Sciences Communicable Diseases Diseases & Physical Ailments Education & Reference Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Infectious Disease

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