Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.

His goal--to prevent every disease that commonly attacked children--was unattainable. But Maurice Hilleman came close. Maurice Hilleman is the father of modern vaccines. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly deadly diseases--including...

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Main Author: Offit, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, [2007]
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505 0 |a Prologue -- The time capsule -- "My God : this is the pandemic. It's here!" -- Jeryl Lynn -- Eight doors -- The destroying angel -- Coughs, colds, cancers, and chickens -- The monster maker -- Political science -- Blood -- Animalcules -- An uncertain future -- Unrecognized genius -- Epilogue. 
520 |a His goal--to prevent every disease that commonly attacked children--was unattainable. But Maurice Hilleman came close. Maurice Hilleman is the father of modern vaccines. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly deadly diseases--including mumps, rubella, and measles--nearly forgotten. Author Paul A. Offit's rich and lively narrative details Hilleman's research and experiences as the basis for a larger exploration of the development of vaccines, covering two hundred years of medical history and traveling across the globe in the process. The history of vaccines necessarily brings with it a cautionary message, as they have come under assault from those insisting they do more harm than good. Paul Offit clearly and compellingly rebuts these arguments, and, by demonstrating how much the work of Hilleman and others has gained for humanity, shows us how much we have to lose. -- Publisher description 
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