Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
2007
QR180.72.H55 O33 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
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Edition
1st Smithsonian books ed.
ISBN
9780061227950 (hardcover)
0061227951 (hardcover)
0061227951 (hardcover)
Publication Details
[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books ; New York, NY : Collins, 2007.
Language
English
Description
xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
QR180.72.H55 O33 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.07/9092
Summary
A biography of the late immunologist follows his tireless quest to eradicate disease, discussing the history of the field of immunology, current controversy about the link between vaccines and autism, and Hilleman's success in developing the first mumps vaccine.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
The time capsule
"My God : this is the pandemic. It's here!"
Jeryl Lynn
Eight doors
The destroying angel
Coughs, colds, cancers, and chickens
The monster maker
Political science
Blood
Animalcules
An uncertain future
Unrecognized genius
Epilogue
Notes
Selected bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index.
The time capsule
"My God : this is the pandemic. It's here!"
Jeryl Lynn
Eight doors
The destroying angel
Coughs, colds, cancers, and chickens
The monster maker
Political science
Blood
Animalcules
An uncertain future
Unrecognized genius
Epilogue
Notes
Selected bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index.