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House on fire : the fight to eradicate smallpox /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley : New York :
University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund,
©2011.
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| Series: | California/Milbank books on health and the public ;
21. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.