num_pages: 7
description: Smallpox was a terrifying human scourge. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left survivors disfigured for life. This riveting book tells the story of smallpox, of efforts to eradicate it, and of the dangers it still poses today.
language: English
title: Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, Library Edition
titlecomplete: Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, Library Edition
genres: Disease, Medical, History, Biology, Medicine, Science, Health, Audiobook, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 491
publisher: Blackstone Pub