The speckled monster
Subtitle: a historical tale of battling smallpox
By: Jennifer Lee Carrell.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
Subjects: Smallpox -- History -- Popular works; Smallpox -- history; Smallpox Vaccine -- history
Genres: Popular works.
Description: A study of early efforts to conquer smallpox profiles two eighteenth-century health pioneers who flouted the medical conventions of their era to draw on African folk knowledge and Eastern traditions to protect their children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-474).
Table of contents: title: London; title: Two Marys; title: Three rebellions; title: A destroying angel; title: Bidding the world adieu; title: A dear little son; title: Rosebuds in lily skin; title: Boston; title: Zabdiel & Jerusha; title: Curiosities of the smallpox; title: The beauty of the sea; title: Caging the demon; title: Dr. William Douglass; title: Fathers and sons; title: Hell upon earth; title: Salutation alley; title: Prying multitudes; title: An infusion of malignant filth; title: The castle of misery; title: Signs and wonders; title: Newgate; title: An hour of mourning; title: The King's pardon; title: Raw head and bloody bones; title: Just retribution; title: In royal fashion; title: Aftermath; title: Final encounters; title: The practice; title: The people.