Description
Product ID: | 9780520274471 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public |
Title: | House on Fire |
Subtitle: | The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox |
Authors: | Author: William H. Foege |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Epidemiology and Medical statistics, Epidemiology & medical statistics, History of medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, History of medicine, Infectious & contagious diseases |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. This title details the remarkable program that involved people from countries around the world in pursuit of a single objective - eliminating smallpox. |
Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-06-06 |