Scourge: The Once And Future Threat of Smallpox
, by Tucker, Jonathan B.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780756781903 | 0756781906
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/1/2001
Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it worldwide, and the looming dangers it still poses today.