The fever of 1721: the epidemic that revolutionized medicine and American politics
Health and medicine, United States history, Politics and government, Medicine
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
In 1721, Boston faced the worst smallpox epidemic in its history. Preacher Cotton Mather persuaded Doctor Zabdiel Boylston to try implanting smallpox into healthy patients, a procedure that led to the discovery of the benefits of inoculation and vaccination. At… the time, however, public outrage forced the doctor into hiding. 2016
Title Details
ISBN
9781476783086
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Copyright Date
2016
Book number
5642673
Braille details for CELA title
Volumes
11
Braille code
UEB
Braille producer
Associated Services for the Blind