03177nam a22003017a 4500 3228 20250707144419.0 250707b sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781137 278524 Hardcover RDA ENGLISH 3228 362.19691 RHOD Rhodes, John 194950 The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease First edition. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. xii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates Colour illustrations: 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered pages 221-page 226) and index. "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. Adult The power of the invisible -- Circassian beauties and pioneering women -- The making of Jenner -- Why not try the experiment? -- The fourth achievement -- The foundling voyages -- The teeming humanity of nations -- A great and loud commotion -- Completing the picture -- Germ theory and the birth of immunology -- Victorious weapons against illness and death -- First light on the mystery of infantile paralysis -- Yearning to breathe free -- A great step forward -- Great themes and dirty little secrets -- The war on influenza -- Forged in the crucible of war -- Smallpox in a land of ancient wisdom -- The final defeat of smallpox -- Invisible weapons of war -- Benefits, risks, and fears -- Inspiration in the global village -- A team of many colors -- The milkmaid and the cuckoo. South Africa World health Virus diseases History History 138377 828246110 John Rhodes, David Baldeosingh Rotstein, cBettman / Corbis, cJohn Renstein / Corbis 1947 194951 Palgrave Macmillan 194952 ddc BOOK 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 779161 779160 0 0 ddc 0 0 300 MKHUL MKHUL Non_Fiction 2025-07-07 0 362.19691 RHOD 33228 02472880 8 2025-07-07 2025-07-07 BOOK