Description: Further DetailsTitle: Edward Jenner (pocket GIANTS)Condition: NewEAN: 9780750961080ISBN: 9780750961080Publisher: The History Press LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/02/2015Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmAuthor: Rob BoddiceLanguage: EnglishDescription: Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped to end. Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into the arm of a young boy. To test this, the first human-to-human vaccination, he subsequently inoculated the boy with smallpox itself, and found him to be immune from the disease. In 1979 smallpox was declared extinct. In this concise biography, Rob Boddice tells the story of Jenner’s life, his medical vision and his profound legacy. It is a story that encompasses revolutions in medical experimentation, public health provision and the prevention of other diseases, from anthrax to measles, but above all it highlights the profound impact that Jenner’s vision has had upon humanity’s battle against disease.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: BiographyRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Edward Jenner (pocket GIANTS)
Title: Edward Jenner (pocket GIANTS)
EAN: 9780750961080
ISBN: 9780750961080
Release Date: 11/02/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Biography
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Edward Jenner
Publisher: Hi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
Item Height: 0.3 in
Subject: Physicians, Medical, History, Historical, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5.3 Oz
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Rob Boddice
Item Width: 5 in
Series: Pocket Giants Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
