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pp.474.”A timely study of early efforts to conquer smallpox offers a dramatic profile of two eighteenth-century health pioneers–Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston–who flouted the European medical conventions of their era to draw on African folk knowledge and Eastern traditions to protect their children, paving the way for the science of modern immunology. “
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| ISBN | 0525947361 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780525947363 | |
| Number of pages | 474 | |
| Original Title | The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling the Smallpox Epidemic | |
| Published Date | 2003 | |
| Book Condition | Very good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | New York | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Health/Psychology | |
| Author: | Jennifer Lee Carrell | |
| Publisher: | Dutton |
pp.474.”A timely study of early efforts to conquer smallpox offers a dramatic profile of two eighteenth-century health pioneers–Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston–who flouted the European medical conventions of their era to draw on African folk knowledge and Eastern traditions to protect their children, paving the way for the science of modern immunology. “
| Weight | 1 kg |
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