An edition of Smallpox
(2013)
Smallpox
a history
by S. L. Kotar
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"Scientifically known as Variola major, the deadliest form of smallpox has plagued mankind since 'time immemorial.' This text chronicles the worldwide effects of the killer disease, with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries, including the devastations of the "speckled disease" during great armed conflicts"--
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Table of Contents
Smallpox from time immemorial
Enter inoculation
Smallpox in the new world
Cotton Mather and smallpox inoculation in the American colonies
This distemper is the king of terrors: smallpox and the American Revolution
The father of immunology
This inestimable discovery
The state of medicine is worse than that of total ignorance
The battle for vaccination in the early years of the republic
Testimonies to the high value of esteem
Compulsory vaccination
The health and well-being of the general populace
The vaccine institution and beyond
The American Indian vaccination act
Quarantines and death statistics
The quarantine wars
The contagion of smallpox
The blue, the gray and the speckled
The last full measure of devotion
The non-eradication of smallpox in England
The Franco-Prussian War and the smallpox pandemic of 1870-1874
Case studies of misdiagnosis
Smallpox: variola, varioloid and vaccinia
The Hoffman block outrage and other stories
Smallpox in Canada and England through the 1880s
Providence does a great deal for us, the city fathers nothing
Of rags and railroads
School boards win some and lose some
Anti-vaccination hysteria in Great Britain
Incidence of smallpox worldwide up to the 20th century
New century, old problems
Vaccination creeds, homeopathic pills and lettuce
Vaccination is un-American
As the world turns: the continuing scourge
Soldiers, the law and old-fashioned smallpox
International public health
A new biological philosophy
The decade of the 1970s: conflicting reports
Stamping out smallpox.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-418) and index.
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