John Rhodes

The End of Plagues (eBook, ePUB)

The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the eradication of smallpox to the ongoing battle against deadly contagions, The End of Plagues is a compelling exploration of humanity's fight against disease.

At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed two million lives per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated, marking a global victory. Yet the story of smallpox remains an exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health worldwide.

In The End of Plagues, world-renowned immunologist John Rhodes weaves together the fascinating history of vaccination, the birth and growth of immunology, and the fight to eradicate the world's most feared diseases. From Edward Jenner's groundbreaking discovery of vaccination in 1796 to the early nineteenth-century foundling voyages, in which chains of orphans were vaccinated and sent to colonies around the globe, to the development of polio vaccines and the stockpiling of smallpox as a biological weapon during the Cold War, Rhodes charts our battles against these formidable foes and shows how vaccinations have given humanity the upper hand in the fight against infectious diseases.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137381316
• Artikelnr.: 39552056

Autorenporträt

John Rhodes is an international expert in immunology and vaccine discovery, and has held research fellowships at the US National Institutes of Health and the University of Cambridge. From 2001 to 2007 he was director of strategy in immunology at GlaxoSmithKline, a leading multinational healthcare company. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, has served on UK government international vaccine missions and published numerous articles in leading journals such as Nature, Science and the Lancet. He lives and works in Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Hardly Anyone Escapes
Chapter 2: The Power of the Invisible
Chapter 3: Circassian Beauties and Pioneering Women
Chapter 4: The Making of Jenner
Chapter 5: Why Not Try the Experiment?
Chapter 6: The Fourth Achievement
Chapter 7: The Foundling Voyages
Chapter 8: The Teeming Humanity of Nations
Chapter 9: A Great and Loud Commotion
Chapter 10: Completing the Picture
Chapter 11: Germ Theory and the Birth of Immunology
Chapter 12: Victorious Weapons against Illness and Death
Chapter 13: First Light on the Mystery of Infantile Paralysis
Chapter 14: Yearning to Breathe Free
Chapter 15: A Great Step Forward
Chapter 16: Great Themes and Dirty Little Secrets
Chapter 17: The War on Influenza
Chapter 18: Forged in the Crucible of War
Chapter 19: Smallpox in a Land of Ancient Wisdom
Chapter 20: The Final Defeat of Smallpox
Chapter 21: Invisible Weapons of War
Chapter 22: Benefits, Risks and Fears
Chapter 23: Inspiration in the Global Village
Chapter 24: A Team of Many Colors
Chapter 25: The Milkmaid and the Cuckoo