Vaccine: the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver/
Arthur Allen.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.
- 523 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-497) and index.
Experimenting on the neighbors with Cotton Mather -- The peculiar history of vaccinia -- Vaccine wars: smallpox at the turn of the Twentieth Century -- War is good for babies -- The great American fight against polio -- Battling measles, remodeling society -- DTP and the vaccine safety movement -- No good deed goes unpunished -- People who prefer whooping cough -- Vaccines and autism?
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Vaccination--History. Communicable diseases--Prevention--History. Vaccination--history--United States. Vaccines--history--United States. Dissent and Disputes--history--United States. Health Policy--history--United States. History, Modern 1601---United States. Vaccination--adverse effects--United States. Vaccines--adverse effects--United States.