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Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.

Title
Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
Author
Offit, Paul A.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books ; New York, NY : Collins, 2007.

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Description
xv, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780061227950
  • 0061227951
LCCN
2006053054
OCLC
77048013
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library