MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 04882cam 2200721 i 4500
001 ocn828246110
003 OCoLC
005 20201105062646.0
008 130221t20132013nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013007383
040 $aDNLM/DLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dIG#$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dNLM$dOCLCO$dBDX$dOQX$dVP@$dABG$dCDX$dVET$dOCLCF$dSTF$dMMU$dS3O$dAL5CW$dOCLCO$dVGM$dOCLCQ$dDHA$dOCLCA$dTXBWN$dOCLCQ$dTYC$dOCLCQ$dUKMGB$dOCLCQ$dMIR$dOCLCQ$dP2Q
015 $aGBB374008$2bnb
016 7 $a101602627$2DNLM
016 7 $a016477952$2Uk
019 $a861752081$a865654131$a935934253$a1164683660$a1175695839$a1175726787$a1176269468
020 $a9781137278524
020 $a1137278528
024 8 $a99956307008
035 $a(OCoLC)828246110$z(OCoLC)861752081$z(OCoLC)865654131$z(OCoLC)935934253$z(OCoLC)1164683660$z(OCoLC)1175695839$z(OCoLC)1175726787$z(OCoLC)1176269468
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC114.5$b.R48 2013
060 00 $a2013 K-358
060 10 $aWC 11.1
082 00 $a362.1969/1$223
084 $a362.19691$223
100 1 $aRhodes, John,$d1947-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe end of plagues :$bthe global battle against infectious disease /$cJohn Rhodes.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health around the world. Spanning three centuries, The End of Plagues weaves together the discovery of vaccination, the birth and growth of immunology, and the fight to eradicate the world's most feared diseases. From Edward Jenner's discovery of vaccination in 1796, to the early nineteenth-century foundling voyages in which chains of orphans, vaccinated one by one, were sent to colonies around the globe, to the development of polio vaccines and the stockpiling of smallpox as a biological weapon in the Cold War, world-renown immunologist John Rhodes charts our fight against these plagues, and shows how vaccinations gave humanity the upper hand. Today, aid groups including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization have made the eradication of polio a priority, and Rhodes takes us behind the scenes to witness the hard-fought battles of scientist, philanthropists, volunteers, and more, and how soon we may be celebrating the eradication of a second infectious disease, polio"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (unnumbered pages 221-page 226) and index.
505 0 $aThe power of the invisible -- Circassian beauties and pioneering women -- The making of Jenner -- Why not try the experiment? -- The fourth achievement -- The foundling voyages -- The teeming humanity of nations -- A great and loud commotion -- Completing the picture -- Germ theory and the birth of immunology -- Victorious weapons against illness and death -- First light on the mystery of infantile paralysis -- Yearning to breathe free -- A great step forward -- Great themes and dirty little secrets -- The war on influenza -- Forged in the crucible of war -- Smallpox in a land of ancient wisdom -- The final defeat of smallpox -- Invisible weapons of war -- Benefits, risks, and fears -- Inspiration in the global village -- A team of many colors -- The milkmaid and the cuckoo.
650 0 $aVirus diseases$xHistory.
650 1 $aVirus diseases$xHistory.
650 1 $aVirus diseases$xhistory.
650 1 $aVirus diseases$xprevention & control.
650 7 $aVirus diseases.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01167739
650 7 $aVirussjukdomar$xhistoria.$2sao
650 7 $aVirussjukdomar$xprevention.$2sao
650 7 $aVaccination$xhistoria.$2sao
650 12 $aVirus Diseases$xhistory.
650 12 $aVirus Diseases$xprevention & control.
650 22 $aAllergy and Immunology$xhistory.
650 22 $aDisease Eradication$xhistory.
650 22 $aGlobal Health.
650 22 $aVaccination$xhistory.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n105696579
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0012847354
938 $aCoutts Information Services$bCOUT$n24862315
938 $aIngram$bINGR$n9781137278524
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n10198206
029 1 $aNLM$b101602627
029 1 $aNZ1$b15130510
029 1 $aUKDEL$b132577437
029 1 $aUNITY$b132577437
029 1 $aUKMGB$b016477952
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 678 OTHER HOLDINGS