A timely book about history's first desperate efforts to conquer smallpoxThe Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox. After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children. From their hero...
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Diane Pub Co
Formato
474 pagine
ISBN
9780756786212
Lingua
English
Caratteristiche
A colori, 474 pagine
Genres
History, Medical, Nonfiction, Popular works, Smallpox
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