Bibliograph

The life and death of smallpox, Ian and Jenifer Glynn

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The life and death of smallpox, Ian and Jenifer Glynn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-268) and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The life and death of smallpox

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56622405

Responsibility statement

Ian and Jenifer Glynn

Summary

This title provides a history of one of the most feared diseases, ending with a conditional human success story - the worldwide eradication of smallpox

Table Of Contents

'The most terrible of all the ministers of death' -- From myths to mummies -- Coming into focus: AD 0 to 1500 -- Smallpox in the age of discoveries: 1500-1700 -- News from the east -- Kicking against the pricks -- The heyday of inoculation -- From cuckoos to cowpox -- The world-wide spread -- Confusion and compulsion -- A hundred years on -- 'Bring hither the fatted calf' -- Sorting out the viruses -- Eradication: the beginning of the end -- 'Annihilation of the smallpox' -- 'And out of good still to find means of evil'

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