House on fire : the fight to eradicate smallpox /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foege, William H., 1936-
Autor Corporativo: Milbank Memorial Fund
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund, ©2011.
Colección:California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 21.
Temas:
Foege, William H., > 1936-
1900-1999
Smallpox.
Smallpox > History > 20th century.
Physicians > Biography.
Public health personnel > Biography.
International cooperation.
History, 20th Century
International Cooperation
Smallpox
Variole.
Variole > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Coopération internationale.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > General.
International cooperation
Public health personnel
Physicians
Africa.
Africa
India
Afrique.
Autobiography.
Autobiography
Biography
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A loathsome disease
  • A succession of mentors
  • Practicing public health in Nigeria
  • Fire line around a virus
  • Extinguishing smallpox in a time of war
  • Under the rule of variola
  • Unwarranted optimism
  • A gorgeous coalition
  • Rising numbers, refining strategy
  • Water on a burning house
  • Smallpox zero.

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