Pox Free

Author: Michael Willrich
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004H4XD8Q
Category: Medical

Pox: An American History

The untold story of how America's progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century. Download Pox medical books for free.


At the turn of the last century, a smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. In this gripping account, award- winning historian Michael Willrich chronicles the government's fight against the outbreak and the ensuing clash of modern medicine, civil liberties, and state power. Pox introduces readers to memorable characters on both sides of the debate-from the doctors and club- wielding police charged with enforcing the law to vaccinate every citizen to the anti-vaccinationists, who stood up for their individual freedoms but were often dismissed as misguided Get Pox our bestseller medical books.

Pox Free

At the turn of the last century, a smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast Pox introduces readers to memorable characters on both sides of the debate-from the doctors and club- wielding police charged with enforcing the law to vaccinate every citizen to the anti-vaccinationists, who stood up for their individual freedoms but were often dismissed as misguided

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