Smallpox- the Death of a Disease Free

Author: D. A. Henderson
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1591027225
Category: Medical

Smallpox- the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer

For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpox. Download Smallpox- the Death of a Disease medical books for free.
In 1967, Dr. D.A. Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this disease from the face of the earth.
This spellbinding book is Dr. Henderson's personal story of how he led the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox the only disease in history to have been deliberately eliminated. Some have called this feat the greatest scientific and humanitarian achievement of the past century.
In a lively, engrossing narrative, Dr. Henderson makes it clear that the gargantuan international effort involved more than straightforward mass vaccination. He an Get Smallpox- the Death of a Disease our bestseller medical books.

Smallpox- the Death of a Disease Free

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