Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases

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]
Subjects:
Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, > 1919-2005.
Immunologists > United States > Biography.
Virology > Research > United States > History.
Vaccines > Research > United States > History.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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