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Angel of death : the story of smallpox / Gareth Williams.

Title: Angel of death : the story of smallpox / Gareth Williams.
Author: Williams, Gareth, 1952-
Publication: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description

xix, 425 pages : illustrations, portraits

Summary

The story of the rise and fall of smallpox, one of the most savage killers in the history of mankind and the only disease ever to be successfully exterminated (30 years ago next year) by a public health campaign.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Terms of Use (note)

British Library not licensed to copy

Awards (note)

Shortlisted for Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2010.

Contents

Know the enemy -- Of man and angel -- First steps in the right direction -- The ambassador's ingenious lady -- Curiosa Americana -- From passion to fashion -- The greatest improvement? -- Everyday tales of country folk -- The disinterested divulger of a salutary blessing -- Crusaders and infidels -- An affront to the rights of man -- More fatal than smallpox -- The most beautiful discovery or a disastrous illusion? -- Lest we forget -- Death throes for a clinical curiosity -- Legacy of an angel.

ISBN

9780230274716
0230274714
0230293190
9780230293199

LCCN

2010459388

OCLC

506248749

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library