The eradication of smallpox : Edward Jenner and the first and only eradication of a human infectious disease /

Simply, and with great humanity, The Eradication of Smallpox tells the story of smallpox - it's origins, the horror of the disease, and the millions of people killed or disfigured by it. During the 18th and 19th centuries, it is estimated that one out of every ten people died from the disease;...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bazin, H.
Otros Autores: Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, �2000.
Temas:
Jenner, Edward, > 1749-1823.
Jenner, Edward, > 1749-1823
1800-1899
Physicians > England > Biography.
Smallpox vaccine > History.
Smallpox > Prevention > History.
Physicians.
Smallpox > Vaccination > History > 19th century.
Physicians
Smallpox > history
Vaccination > history
Variole > Vaccination > Histoire > 19e si�ecle.
M�edecins > Angleterre > Biographies.
Vaccin antivariolique > Histoire.
Variole > Pr�evention > Histoire.
M�edecins.
physicians.
Smallpox > Vaccination
Smallpox > Prevention
Smallpox vaccine
Variole > Histoire.
Variole > Angleterre > Histoire.
Vaccination > Angleterre > Histoire.
England
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
M�edicos > Inglaterra > Biograf�ia.
Vacuna antivari�olica > Historia.
Viruela > Prevenci�on > Historia.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. For those who have forgotten or never knew what smallpox was like. On the long struggle of man, before Jenner, to fight smallpox (1721-1798)
  • section 2. The life and work of Jenner. The young Jenner (1749-1772) ; Jenner, naturalist and country surgeon (1772-1795) ; The myth becomes reality (1795-1798) ; Jenner's hard-won victory in England, his own country (1798-1823) ; The particular case of Napoleonic France (1798-1815) ; Vaccination spreads across Europe and the United States and then throughout the rest of the world (1798-1810) ; Honours and resentment for Jenner (1801-1823)
  • section 3. The perfect ending to the story : the eradication of smallpox. Post-Jennerian vaccination (1823-1979) ; Smallpox vaccination : its value and its limitations (1798-1979) ; The anti-vaccination movements (1798-1979) ; The eradication of smallpox : Jenner's posthumous triumph (1959-1979) ; Jenner, vaccination and ethics (1796 to the present day) ; What should be done about the smallpox virus?
  • Acknowledgements.
  • Foreword.
  • Chronology: The life of Edward Jenner
  • Introduction.
  • For those who have forgotten or never knew what smallpox was like:
  • On the long struggle of man, before Jenner, to fight smallpox.
  • The life and work of Jenner:
  • The young Jenner (1749-1772).
  • Jenner, naturalist and country surgeon.
  • The myth becomes reality (1795-1798).
  • Jenner's hard-won victory in England, his own country.
  • The particular case of Napoleonic France.
  • Vaccination spreads across Europe and the United States and then throughout the rest of the world.
  • Honours and resentment for Jenner (1801-1823).
  • The perfect ending to the story: the eradication of smallpox:
  • Post-Jennerian vaccination (1823-1979).
  • Smallpox vaccination: its value and its limitations.
  • The anti-vaccination movements (1798-1979).
  • The eradication of smallpox: Jenner's posthumous triumph.
  • Jenner, vaccination and ethics (1796 to the present day).
  • What should be done about the smallpox virus?
  • Conclusion.
  • Some comments on current immunity to smallpox.
  • Glossary.
  • References.
  • Index.

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