Vaccine
the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver
Allen, Arthur
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
W.W. Norton & Company
2007
monographic
eng
523 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
"In this account of vaccination's miraculous, inflammatory past and its uncertain future, journalist Arthur Allen reveals a history both illuminated with hope and shrouded by controversy--from Edward Jenner's discovery of smallpox vaccine in 1796 to Pasteur's vaccines for rabies and cholera, to those that safeguarded the children of the twentieth century, and finally to the tumult currently surrounding vaccination. Faced with threats from anthrax to AIDS, we are a vulnerable population and can no longer depend on vaccines; numerous studies have linked childhood vaccination with various neurological disorders, and our pharmaceutical companies are more attracted to the profits of treatment than to the prevention of disease.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Arthur Allen
Vaccination
History
Communicable diseases
Prevention
History
Vaccination
history
United States
Vaccines
history
United States
Dissent and Disputes
history
United States
Health Policy
history
United States
History, Modern 1601-
United States
Vaccination
adverse effects
United States
Vaccines
adverse effects
United States
614.470973 ALL-V
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