Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Offit, Paul A., author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Immunologists--United States--Biography.

Immunologists.

Vaccines--Research--United States--History.

Vaccines.

Virology--Research--United States--History.

Virology.

Vaccines--Research.

Virology--Research.

Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-2005.

Hilleman, Maurice Ralph.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Harper Perennial edition.

Other Title:

Vaccinated : from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, 2022.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: "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.

Notes:

"With a new foreword by the author"--Cover.

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers." -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (239-241) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780063157613

0063157616

OCLC:

1327834330

Publisher Number:

99991411950