Scourge
Subtitle: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: September 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780871138309
Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Medical / Nursing; Medical; History; Diseases; Smallpox
First sentence: In a maximum-security facility in Atlanta, the world's most dangerous prisoner sits in solitary confinement, awaiting execution.
Description: "Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it worldwide, and the looming dangers it still poses today."--BOOK JACKET.