Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases Contributor(s): Offit, Paul A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 006122796X ISBN-13: 9780061227967 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: This compelling look at Maurice Hilleman, who developed nine major vaccines, is a tale replete with heroism, genius, humanitarianism, and tragedy. Offit tells this history of modern medicine with great insight and compassion. |
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BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Infectious Diseases - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: Vaccines save millions of lives every year, and one man, Maurice Hilleman, was responsible for nine of the big fourteen. Paul Offit recounts his story and the story of vaccines Maurice Hilleman discovered nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly dread diseases--including often devastating ones such as mumps and rubella--practically forgotten. Paul A. Offit, a vaccine researcher himself, befriended Hilleman and, during the great man's last months, interviewed him extensively about his life and career. Offit makes an eloquent and compelling case for Hilleman's importance, arguing that, like Jonas Salk, his name should be known to everyone. But Vaccinated is also enriched and enlivened by a look at vaccines in the context of modern medical science and history, ranging across the globe and throughout time to take in a fascinating cast of hundreds, providing a vital contribution to the continuing debate over the value of vaccines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Offit, Paul A.: - Paul A. Offit, MD, is chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the acclaimed author of Autism's False Prophets, Vaccinated, and Deadly Choices. |