Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
- Title
- Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
- Published by
- [Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books ; New York, NY : Collins, 2007.
- Author
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- Description
- xv, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A biography of the late immunologist follows his tireless quest to eradicate disease, discussing the history of the field of immunology, current controversy about the link between vaccines and autism, and Hilleman's success in developing the first mumps vaccine.
- Subject
- Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-2005
- Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-
- Immunologists > United States > Biography
- Virology > History. > United States
- Vaccines > History. > United States
- Virology
- Allergy and Immunology
- History, 20th Century
- Vaccines > history
- Immunologistes > États-Unis > Biographies
- Virologie > Histoire. > États-Unis
- Vaccins > Histoire. > États-Unis
- Virologie
- Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Immunologists
- Vaccines > Research
- Virology > Research
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- 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 -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain