House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox Volume 21

by William H. Foege

Book Overview

A story of courage and risk-taking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Part autobiography, part mystery, the story is told by a man who was one of the architects of a radical vaccination scheme that became a key strategy in ending the horrible disease when it was finally contained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268369
• ISBN13: 9780520268364
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"