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Title: Smallpox vaccine may provide lifelong immunity: degrades only slightly over time.(News)
Author: Joyce Frieden
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 15, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 18Page: 11(1)

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When a smallpox epidemic strikes Boston in 1721, eleven-year-old Rob becomes the sole caregiver of his stepfather and brother during the time of their illness. ... Read more

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Another good book from the American Adventure series.
This is the seventh book in The American Adventure series. This series tells about the lives of children from many generations of a fictional family throughout American history, from the settling of Plymouth by the Pilgrims through the end of World War II.

It's the spring of 1721 in Boston, and eleven-year-old Rob Allerton has problems. He would like to study to be an apothecary with his good friend, Dr. Boylston. However, his wealthy stepfather, Josiah Foy, has forced Rob to become an apprentice at his shipping business. In addition, Rob is constantly fighting with his stepbrother, Thomas, who resents Rob and is constantly teasing their little sister, Rachel. But soon these problems begin to seem trivial, when a deadly outbreak of smallpox hits Boston. Dr. Bolyston wants to give people an experimental inoculation he believes protects against the disease, but Rob's stepfather forbids anyone in the family to get one. Can Rob persuade his stepfather to change his mind before it's too late?

This was another good book from the American Adventure series. Rob was a sympathetic character, the story was interesting, and I enjoyed the colonial setting. Readers who enjoyed the other books in the American Adventure series will definitely want to read this one as well. I also recommend it to readers who are new to the series and are interested in this time period in history. ... Read more

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Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches This work provides a well rounded history of official smallpox measures and their links with the development of public health in policies and programmes in Brititsh India. It examines vaccination policy and technology from a political, economic and technical perspective as well as the cultural and religious implications of medical intervention in smallpox eradication. There is an exposition of the complex and sometimes contradictory official and civilian attitudes toward the development of smallpox control and public health measures in India ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Jenner
Surgeon, country doctor, pioneer, naturalist, Edward Jenner was a giant in eighteenth century science. When he discovered a vaccine for smallpox, he rescued mankind from one of history's most terrible scourges. ... Read more

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The story of mankind's victory over the ancient scourge of smallpox.

Smallpox, one of the deadliest of all diseases, was eradicated in 1979, the only disease to have been wiped from the earth. The deadly virus exists now only in a few labs in the world--we hope. But before it was conquered the disease changed history. Written by an award-winning science writer, The Invisible Fire is the only complete history of the scourge and of the brave and idiosyncratic men and women who defeated one of nature's most lethal viruses. ... Read more

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the invisible fire
this is a fascinating book. well written, easy to read and absorb. very informative. a book that all need to read at this time to educate ourselves on the subject of smallpox and its history from early times to its eradication from the world.
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In Japan, as late as the mid-nineteenth century, smallpox claimed the lives of an estimated twenty percent of all children born--most of them before the age of five. When the apathetic Tokugawa shogunate failed to respond to this health crisis, Japanese physicians, learned in Western medicine and medical technology, became the primary disseminators of Jennerian vaccination--a new medical technology to prevent smallpox. Tracing its origins from rural England, Jannetta investigates the transmission of Jennerian vaccination, via various foreign and domestic networks, to and throughout pre-Meiji Japan. Relying on Dutch, Japanese, Russian, and English sources, the book treats Japanese physicians as leading agents of social and institutional change, showing how they used traditional strategies involving scholarship, marriage, and adoption to forge new local, national, and international networks in the first half of the nineteenth century. With an interesting parallel to the recent SARS crisis, The Vaccinators details the appalling cost of Japan's almost three-hundred-year isolation and examines in depth a nation on the cusp of political and social upheaval. ... Read more

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A BRILLIANT TREATISE ON HISTORY AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION
Historian Ann Janetta has taken the stories of the conquest of smallpox, one of the worst plagues of humanity until Edward Jenner invented vaccination, and the story of a nation living in splendid isolation, and woven the two into a fascinating tale.I was totally unaware of the way in which efforts to introduce cowpox into Japan (a frustratingly slow process) helped prepare that nation to vault onto the world stage following the Meiji restoration.This volume is more than a wonderful exercise in historical scholarship, as it should serve as a goldmine for those interested in cultural evolution.It reflects on such key topics as the importance of individuals and networks in promoting that evolution, as well as the promoting and retarding functions of institutions.It clearly shows, in the spirit of Montesquieu and Jared Diamond, the way features of the natural world -- in this case a highly lethal virus, a related virus that was difficult to transport, and a nation occupying an isolated archipelago -- can influence human affairs as much as any king or president.Besides being a gold mine for those interested in Japanese history or in understanding cultural evolution, it's just plain engrossing.Janetta has done us all a great favor. ... Read more

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In 1796, an unknown country doctor named Edward Jenner developed and administered the world's first vaccine-turning the tide in humanity's age-old war against disease.

Award-winning author Albert Marrin explains the significance of "immortal" Jenner's gift to mankind as he narrates the epic story of smallpox, a disease so contagious and deadly it has dramatically influenced the course of history. From the mummified remains of its first known victim to the sinister threat of the "frozen monster" that lurks in the vials of ultramodern laboratories, readers will be held spellbound by this readable and timely combination of science and history. ... Read more

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A thrilling story told clearly with sophistication for a 4th-8th grader.
Before reading this book I might have written that I was informed about Dr. Jenner, smallpox and its history. After reading it I realize how ignorant I was. I saw the book in my grandson's school library and chose it to preview for bias and the interpretations that frequently replace knowledge in today's children's books.

The author, a retired history professor, has written a book that begins with a discussion of cells,bacterial and virual disease and ends with a convincing statement about the dangers facing us today as a result of the disappearance of small pox throughout the world.

In between is the most thrilling story about the efforts of an ordinary boy who became a man whose efforts positively altered the lives of hundreds of millions of people.His personal qualities were a curious mind; the ability to observe; his dedication to his work; his confidence; and perserverance.

The reader learns of the treatment of small pox prior to Jenner; of the various experiments leading to the development of the vaccination; of the objections by recognized leaders to Jenner's work and the ramifications of the eradication of smallpox.

This is a thrilling story for the young scientist, but the book is written so well that all children (and adults) will be enthralled.

Dr. Jenner is shown to be one of a handful of men who have altered the course of history and the lives of hundreds of millions of humans. The discussion of disease; medical techniques of the past; how one became a physician; historical differences between surgeons and physicians; the nature of opposition to ideas; the development of an idea; the personal characteristics that result in radical change; the importance of observation, thought and experimentation; the reality that the recognized establishment in an occupation is often ignorant and resistant to change are all presented in an engrossing and unsensational manner.

The social effects (Native American exposure to small pox) are presented in a straight forward manner allowing a thoughtful child to open his mind to the concept of historical consequences without imposing blame or guilt.

The discussion of medical experimentation; its evolution and ethical problems provide knowledge to a child that will be used later when a child reads and thinks further.

I so admire the authors use of language and ability to discuss complicated issues on a child's level with sophisticated insight that I am buying other of Dr. Marrin's books.

Excellent Book!
This was a remarkable book.The author was able to explain microbiology, immunology, the history of smallpox, and the development of a vaccine with wonderful clarity.I highly recommend this book for kids (and adults) in 4th grade and up! ... Read more

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"Microorganisms: From Smallpox to Lyme Disease" provides informative articles from "Scientific American" chronicling the development of microbiology from the development of penicillin to present efforts to control the spread of AIDS. ... Read more

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Doctor Edward Jenner, born in the early eighteenth century, was the discoverer of a preventive for smallpox, the greatest killer of mankind. This contagious disease destroys its victims in 10 to 14 days. Those who survive frequently are left horribly scarred or partially or completely blind.

The story of Doctor Jenner and smallpox is told by guests at a dinner party at an old English home, on the evening of the 180th anniversary of Doctor Jenner's death. To celebrate the occasion, the individuals review his life story, including his many discoveries and the trials and tribulations associated with smallpox vaccination being accepted as the way to prevent smallpox. Jenner eventually received universal acclaim. The guests at the dinner party, in the process of telling the story of Doctor Jenner, reveal a great deal about themselves.

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Great Educational Reading
The author takes the life and times of Edward Jenner and lulls the reader into a trance. We learn about the origins of smallpox, the various intersting people and places involved in the history of this devastating diseaseThen we learn about Edward Jenner and his successful vaccination from cowpox.

The story is written in a unique style that goes from the present back to the past in a seamless storyline.

Excellent work.

GLS

Fascinating Presentation ofa Dedicated Physician
The depth of the author's research on Dr. Edward Jenner, (THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD FROM SMALLPOX) is nothing less than awesome------and must surely represent this author's "MAGNUS OPUS" in which the reader can share. A modern day reader with a non-scientific or medical background learns of the unspeakable ravages the smallpox malady had on individuals, nations, and even great tides in history.

The background, hardships, and accomplishments of Dr. Edward Jenner, a British physician two centuries ago, are unfolded by Dr.George Smith, a current U.S. physician, in the format of an after dinner fireside chat at an old, royalistic mansion in rural England on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of Dr. Jenner's death. The participants are four couples, each of whom has extensive and varying scientific/medical backgrounds, and each is well versed with Dr. Jenner's quest, hardships and obstacles, as well as his achievements that led to the elimination of the smallpox horrors from this planet.

As presented in the fireside chat format, the reader becomes a listener in a VERY EDUCATIONAL AND CAPTIVATING TALE.
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In the United States, routine smallpox vaccination ended in 1972. The level of immunity remaining in the U.S. population is uncertain, but is generally assumed to be quite low. Smallpox is a deadly and infectious pathogen with a fatality rate of 30 percent. If smallpox were successfully deployed as an agent of bioterrorism today, the public health and economic consequences could be devastating.

Toward a Containment Strategy for Smallpox Bioterror describes the scientific results and policy implications of a simulation of a smallpox epidemic in a two-town county. The model was developed by an interdisicplinary team from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Brookings Institution Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, employing agent-based and other advanced computational techniques. Such models are playing a critical role in the crafting of a national strategy for the containment of smallpox by providing public health policymakers with a variety of novel and feasible approaches to vaccination and isolation under different circumstances. The extension of these techniques to the containment of emerging pathogens, such as SARS, is discussed. ... Read more

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The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox.After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children.From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease ever be unleashed again.

Jennifer Lee Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known. ... Read more

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Enlightened!
This most interesting book keeps you on your toes to remember what day and year it is....as well as where you are!I will have to admit there was a lot of going back to re-read past pages.Great historical fiction.The author went to great lengths to keep us on the pages!

The Speckled Monster Rocks!
I read this a couple of years ago and still find myself eagerly recommending it to all comers. The events couldn't be more dramatic and the extensive historical research done by the author makes the very well-written story more educational than any textbook of immunology. The endnotes are also well worth reading. I guess for me the power of this story is that with tremendous courage, against tremendous barriers, these two unlikely heroes changed the world for the better. While the lives saved is obviously the major benefit, by any other standard of measurement, particularly economic, this small and relatively inexpensive intervention given at an early stage was shown to be enormously effective and to have incalculable societal benefits downstream.This book is a keeper, one of the small number I will read again. It should be required reading in high school and medical school.

Great historical fiction reading; not so great scientific reading
Carrel's historical fictional novel brings to life Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boyleston's efforts to bring inoculation into the medical practice of the western world. I am amazed at how she was able to use letters, diaries, newspapers, and other primary documents to reconstruct what happened. By bringing out the characters as humans, she reminds us that they are not just figures in a history book, but takes us through their emotions and social interactions. Looking back on historical achievements, it may be easy to forget that progress can often be an uphill battle that is met with a lot of resistance.
For example, Carrel brings out the courage that these characters had in facing the strong, and often violent, opposition to inoculation. However, they continued to promote inoculation because of their dedication to fighting smallpox, stemmed from having suffered it themselves and having lost loved ones to the disease. After one of his patients dies from inoculation, Boyleston is described to have a personal moral conflict regarding his culpability in the patient's death. Yet, in just a reading from a history textbook, the reader would not be aware of the characters' personal motivations and emotional trials. Thus, reading this book makes the achievements and contributions of Mary and Boylseton all the more appreciated.
For those skeptics who wonder how much is true and how much is fiction, Carrel provides a detailed delineation in the "notes" appendage. I myself started reading the book wondering, "How does she know all this stuff?". The answer is that she probably is making it up, but writing what probably happened based on primary sources. I am most impressed by the immense amount and the vast diversity of her research, digging through current health statistics, historical journals, and personal correspondences. Most of the discourse and communication is based on actual exchanges preserved in letters, while other anecdotes derive from Lady Mary's granddaughter's recollections. I also appreciate how Carrel was able to take statistics from sources such as the WHO and contextualize it into the time period. I do wish that she would included footnotes in the novel so that the reader could discern fact from fiction while reading.
Despite the fact that the book probably glorified Lady Mary and Boyleston more than is factually accurate, and that it threw in bits not necessarily historically relevant (love stories and affairs), The Speckled Monster is a worthwhile read for those desiring a fuller picture of the historical events in the history of smallpox. However, it is not for those who only desire the facts, nor for those looking for a literary piece of art. I do wish that a director would become inspired by this book to turn it into a movie; this would succeed in bringing the main historical events to public knowledge, showing the personal side of the characters, and flavoring it with some romantic drama - and the audience would only have sacrificed two hours. (PS I would cast Kate Winslet as Mary, Kevin Spacey as Boyleston, and Will Smith as Boylseton's slave).

A noble failure
The Speckled Monster is an unwieldy beast of a book.One part history lesson, one part multilayered drama, Jennifer Carrell uses painstaking research to recreate the tale of the devastating scourge of smallpox and two unsung heroes, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, who battled substantial social opposition to save their cities from the deadly scourge.The story details the horrors of smallpox through the interweaving tales of these two protagonists, starting off with a glimpse into the London high life of Lady Mary Wortley.From there it goes on to establish the upbringing of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston and his rise into the role of maverick surgeon in Boston.The rest of the book sees these two tales intertwining, providing historical and intimate perspectives of how smallpox took its toll on the people of London and Boston.

As a piece of historical fiction, The Speckled Monster manages to do its job as both a historical account and as a legitimate drama.The `historical' side of the book is impressive to say the least.Carrell definitely did her research; close to fifty pages of the novel alone are dedicated to historical notes.Facts and events blend in with intricately reimagined events and dialogue between the key players in the smallpox saga.The integration works a bit too well; I found myself wishing that I could tell when fact ended and Carrell's reimaginings began.

While reading the book, however, I felt that the 'drama' was lacking.Carrell starts off the book with a portrayal of the growing Lady Mary that comes off as a bit like a teen drama, with melodramatic, even angsty prose. This section definitely could have used some trimming at the very least so as to get into the more interesting smallpox years sooner.Overall the narrative felt too heavy on the subplots and personal drama; I found myself groaning when the momentum would stop to talk about Lady Mary's strange relationship with Alexander Pope, or Mahler's diary entries.

Carrell's The Speckled Monster ultimately reads like a noble failure; while the history aspect of the book is quite compelling in its illustrating of how the smallpox scourge affected individual lives and social dynamics in London and Boston, the drama that Carrell crafts from the stories of Lady Mary and Zabdiel Boylston leaves much to be desired.The book is perfectly passable as afternoon reading, but if it's just historical fact that you're after, then there are better sources on smallpox that will get the job done.

Enjoyed what I could.
I downloaded the sample to my Kindle. The first quarter of the sample is the intro. etc. I found the rest of it very interesting and would have loved to finish the book, however I refuse to pay full price for a Kindle edition when the hard copy is a bargain book! ... Read more

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This electronic book on CD-ROM provides the most current and comprehensive collection available anywhere of official information and documents on bioterrorism and the government's response to the deadly anthrax-laced letters in the fall of 2001.Updated through February 2002, this collection represents the best information from the CDC, Health and Human Services, FDA, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense, with preparedness documents and official manuals. This encyclopedic collection of manuals, handbooks, self-study courses, government plans and programs, and reference works includes virtually every public domain document pertaining to every aspect of the bioterrorism risk to civilians from terrorism, and military personnel in warfare.New material updated in early 2002 includes:CDC Emergency Preparedness And Response – Anthrax, Smallpox, Mail Handlers, Range Of Biological Agents, Revised Plans

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Edward Jenner left the world a better place than he found it. In 1796, he developed the first vaccine to protect people against smallpox. At that time, smallpox was a disease that killed many people. This is his story told and illustrated for children. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 679 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ACIP: vaccinate 510,000 hospital staff for smallpox: hospitals' dermatology consultants would be among the first to receive the vaccine. (Expanded Recommendation).
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 12Page: 1(2)

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