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Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Vaccine The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Author: Arthur Allen
A fascinating account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future. — In 1796, as smallpox ravaged Europe, Edward Jenner injected a child with a benign version of the disease, then exposed the child to the deadly virus itself. The boy proved resistant to smallpox, and Jenner's risky experiment produced the earlie...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393059113
ISBN-10: 0393059111
Publication Date: 1/15/2007
Pages: 512
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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