The history of inoculation and vaccination for the prevention and treatment of disease : lecture memoranda / XVIIth International Congress of Medicine, London, 1913.

A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.

The Chinese giant ... : The Jenner monument at Boulogne.

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<p>"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.</p>

xii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

Étude sur les idées et les faits relatifs au virus variolique au XVIIIe siècle / [Émile Morat].

Celebrating 75 extraordinary years

12 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 18 cm.

Helen McShane and a new vaccine for tuberculosis / by Chrissie Giles.

<p>Looks at China, Circassia, Turkey, Russia and England.</p>

52 leaves, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 30 cm

The trickle-down effect : modelling variolation in some countries / Alicia Grant.

379 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 25 cm

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The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

Étude sur les idées et les faits relatifs au virus variolique au XVIIIe siècle / [Émile Morat].

Helen McShane and a new vaccine for tuberculosis / by Chrissie Giles.

The trickle-down effect : modelling variolation in some countries / Alicia Grant.

Vaccinia, vaccination, vaccinology : Jenner, Pasteur and their successors / edited by Stanley A. Plotkin, Bernardino Fantini.

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Vaccination - history

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The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

Étude sur les idées et les faits relatifs au virus variolique au XVIIIe siècle / [Émile Morat].

Helen McShane and a new vaccine for tuberculosis / by Chrissie Giles.

The trickle-down effect : modelling variolation in some countries / Alicia Grant.

Vaccinia, vaccination, vaccinology : Jenner, Pasteur and their successors / edited by Stanley A. Plotkin, Bernardino Fantini.

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